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Waikato Montessori Early Education Centre

Education & Care

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267 Newell Road, Hillcrest · Waikato District

Total roll
60
2025
Under 2s
—
20 Hours ECE
—
MOE #
30285

Roll breakdown

By age

By ethnicity

Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).

Operator

Standalone

Cultural & rohe

ERO review

Akarangi · 2025-11-10

Daycare Near Me's analysis of the ERO report — six dimensions with verbatim quotes (methodology).
Curriculum & learning
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Children's wellbeing
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Whānau partnership
B
"Whānau contributions influence and enrich the curriculum and experiences provided for children."

Whānau contributions influence curriculum; pandemic increased engagement but voices needed in evaluation

Bicultural practice
B
"Tikanga Māori practices are embedded in centre-wide practice."

Tikanga embedded but need to deepen te reo and kaupapa Māori understanding

Health & safety
—

Not explicitly evaluated in this review.

Leadership & governance
A
"The strategic plan provides an effective framework to guide teaching, learning and centre operation."

Strategic plan guides operations; leaders committed to equity; internal evaluation drives improvement

Source: Education Review Office review of Waikato Montessori Early Education Centre dated 2025-11-10, licensed CC-BY 4.0. The 4-point overall judgement is ERO's; the 6 dimension grades are our analysis of ERO's prose (see methodology). · Centre has 2 individual reviews on file — showing most recent.

Composite score

How this is computed

One or more dimensions missing from ERO data

Where Waikato Montessori Early Education Centre hasn't been graded on a dimension, the composite uses the national average for that dimension as a placeholder. Each affected axis below is flagged est. When a new ERO review lands, the placeholder is replaced and the score may shift.

73 / 100 Compared against EQI unknown
Curriculum
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=2425)
71
est
Wellbeing
20%
Estimated from national average · top quartile of band (n=1871)
74
est
Health & Safety
20%
Estimated from national average · bottom quartile of band (n=2319)
66
est
Leadership
15%
Grade A · top quartile of band (n=2400)
90
Whānau Partnership
12.5%
Grade B · bottom quartile of band (n=1880)
70
Bicultural Practice
12.5%
Grade B · near band median (n=2375)
70

The composite is a weighted average of six ERO dimensions, each scored 0–100 (A=90, B=70, C=50, D=25). The "(p47)" style suffix shows where the centre sits within its EQI band (peer percentile, when ≥10 comparable centres in band). See methodology for the formula + limits.

Location

267 Newell Road, Hillcrest. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.

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Frequently asked

Is Waikato Montessori Early Education Centre a free kindergarten?
Waikato Montessori Early Education Centre is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
What's the roll at Waikato Montessori Early Education Centre?
60 children attend Waikato Montessori Early Education Centre (roll year 2025).
Where is Waikato Montessori Early Education Centre?
267 Newell Road Hillcrest Waikato District

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Sources & verification

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Full source list, licence text, refresh cadence: /sources. How we match, clean, and rank: /methodology.

Data sources & freshness (4 sources · last refresh 12 July 2026)
MoE ECE Directory

Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng

As of: Roll year 2025· Refresh: Nightly source · re-pulled on every deploy
Charities Services

Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)

As of: 545 centres covered· Refresh: Annual filings · re-ingested with each refresh
ERO reports

Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)

As of: 10,663 reports / 4,194 centres · latest review 2026-05-18· Refresh: On review publication · CC-BY 4.0 attribution
Suburb context

Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics

As of: 2023 Census· Refresh: Quarterly police data · 5-yearly census

Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.