BestStart Apirana Avenue
Education & Care
119 Apirana Avenue, Glen Innes · Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
ERO assessed BestStart Apirana Avenue as Not well placed in 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum planning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety (all grade B), but identified bicultural practice as an area requiring strengthening (grade C).
AI-generated summary of this centre's ERO review data — verify against the ERO report below. How summaries are generated.
Roll breakdown
By age
By ethnicity
Note: a child may be counted under multiple ethnicities (total may exceed roll).
Operator
BestStart Educare Cultural & rohe
ERO operator-wide review
Education Review · 2025-09-11 · covers the wider operator group
ERO's most recent review for this centre is an operator-wide review — ERO has chosen to review the parent group rather than this centre individually. The findings apply across all centres in the group.
Source: Education Review Office operator-wide review dated 2025-09-11, licensed CC-BY 4.0.
Earlier individual centre review
Education Review · 2020-05-20· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The centre manager has introduced curriculum planning templates directly linked to Te Whāriki. These guide teachers to develop a learning programme that focuses on the strengths and interests of the child."
Te Whāriki-linked planning evident; intentional teaching emerging with improved resourcing.
"Children are settled, happy and engage freely with each other in cooperative play. The new improved learning environment supports children to explore in meaningful play."
Children settled and happy; responsive care for infants; inclusive support for additional needs.
"Improved communication approaches are helping to strengthen learning partnerships with parents."
Communication improving; partnerships developing; next step to embed further.
"Agreed next steps for the organisation are to continue to strengthen: bicultural understanding and practice"
Bicultural principles endorsed; identified as area requiring strengthening and ongoing development.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal requirements met; ratios exceed minimums; systems in place for safety management.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Apirana Avenue dated 2020-05-20, 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where BestStart Apirana Avenue 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.
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
119 Apirana Avenue, Glen Innes. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Apirana Avenue a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Apirana Avenue is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Apirana Avenue?
- 70 children attend BestStart Apirana Avenue (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Apirana Avenue?
- 119 Apirana Avenue Glen Innes Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #25393) ↗ · CC-BY 4.0 via data.govt.nz
- ERO reviews: ERO institution page ↗ · Crown copyright (reuse permitted with attribution)
- Suburb safety & demographics: SafeSuburbs ↗ · crimestats.co.nz ↗ · NZ Police RCVD + Stats NZ 2023 Census, CC-BY 4.0
- Funding policy (20 Hours / Childcare Subsidy / FamilyBoost): parents.education.govt.nz · WINZ · IRD · Crown copyright (policy only — we cite parameters, don't republish)
- Map tiles: © OpenStreetMap · © CARTO · ODbL + CC-BY 3.0
- Machine-readable formats: facts.json · markdown.md
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)
Service type, address, roll, ethnicity, Equity Index, 20 Hours, Takiwā, lat/lng
Annual financial returns (community-based + umbrella orgs)
Per-centre review reports + 6-dimension letter grades (curriculum / wellbeing / whānau / bicultural / health & safety / leadership)
Safety score, crime/1k, 2023 Census demographics
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.