BestStart Cambridge
Education & Care
55-57 Shakespeare Street, Leamington · Waipa District
BestStart Cambridge is an education and care service in Leamington with a current roll of 60. Our analysis of the ERO report (February 2021) found the service graded B across all dimensions: curriculum and learning includes a range of inclusive experiences, children's wellbeing shows positive interactions and social competence development, health and safety standards are met, and leadership and governance operate to regulatory standards.
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
Akanuku · 2021-02-25· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The inclusive curriculum provides children with a range of experiences and opportunities to enhance and extend their learning."
Curriculum is inclusive with range of experiences; next steps identify areas for development.
"Meaningful engagement and positive interactions between children and adults support the development of social competence."
Positive interactions and social competence development evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Health and safety Meeting"
Service meets regulatory health and safety standards.
"Governance, management and administration Meeting"
Governance and management meet regulatory standards.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Cambridge dated 2021-02-25, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where BestStart Cambridge 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
55-57 Shakespeare Street, Leamington. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Cambridge a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Cambridge is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Cambridge?
- 60 children attend BestStart Cambridge (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Cambridge?
- 55-57 Shakespeare Street Leamington Waipa District
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47706) ↗ · 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.