BestStart Cashmere
Education & Care
95 Colombo Street, Beckenham · Christchurch City
ERO assessed BestStart Cashmere as Not well placed in April 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report found strong leadership (A grade) and effective teaching practices (B grade), with health and safety compliance confirmed and staffing ratios exceeding minimums. Whānau partnership was identified as an area for continued development.
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
ERO Review · 2017-04-27· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers engage children in meaningful, deliberate conversations to foster their curiosity and development. They are actively involved in children's learning and play and are highly responsive. Teachers effectively seek children's ideas and opinions to contribute to the programme."
Teachers demonstrate effective, responsive pedagogy with intentional engagement in children's learning.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers are beginning to build strong partnerships with parents to support children's learning. They actively seek parent aspirations for their children and are beginning to use these in their programme planning. They have good communication with families and regularly inform parents about children's learning and development."
Effective communication and emerging partnerships; identified as area for continued development.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Compliance confirmed; ratios exceed minimum requirements (1:4 under 2, 1:8 over 2).
"The centre is very well lead and managed. The leadership team model good practice and are building teacher capacity. They support teachers' shared understandings about programme planning, assessment and the usefulness of internal evaluation. There are regular opportunities for teachers to participate in professional learning. A strategic plan guides centre operations."
Exemplary leadership with strong strategic direction, professional learning, and collaborative team building.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Cashmere dated 2017-04-27, 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 Cashmere 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
95 Colombo Street, Beckenham. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Cashmere a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Cashmere is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Cashmere?
- 80 children attend BestStart Cashmere (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Cashmere?
- 95 Colombo Street Beckenham Christchurch City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #70332) ↗ · 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
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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
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