BestStart Clarence Street
Education & Care
128 Clarence Street, Hamilton · Hamilton City
ERO assessed BestStart Clarence Street as Not well placed. Our analysis of the ERO report identified curriculum planning as a strength, but noted assessment documentation needs development. Health and safety systems meet requirements, though hazard checking compliance requires strengthening.
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ERO review · 2019-09-09· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children benefit from a broad and rich curriculum. They are supported to lead their own play and make decisions about their learning in a well-resourced and spacious environment. A localised curriculum, including priorities for learning at the centre, has recently been developed in consultation with parents. A variety of experiences is intentionally planned for to add complexity to learning."
Broad curriculum with intentional planning, but assessment documentation needs strengthening.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"In order to improve practice more vigorous daily hazard checks, particularly in relation to furniture and items that could topple, and fall are required."
Ratios met and systems in place, but hazard checking compliance needs strengthening.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Clarence Street dated 2019-09-09, 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 Clarence Street 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
128 Clarence Street, Hamilton. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Clarence Street a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Clarence Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Clarence Street?
- 43 children attend BestStart Clarence Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Clarence Street?
- 128 Clarence Street Hamilton Hamilton 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 #30100) ↗ · 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
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