BestStart Dannemora
Education & Care
15-19 Siedeberg Drive, East Tamaki · Auckland - Howick
ERO assessed BestStart Dannemora as Not well placed in April 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and leadership and governance, with health and safety systems meeting legal requirements.
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ERO Review · 2018-04-12· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The curriculum is highly responsive to families' cultures and children's interests and needs. The impact of teachers' professional learning is evident in the rich, responsive programmes for children."
Highly responsive curriculum with strong teacher professional learning impact.
"Children settle quickly into the programme and are supported through nurturing and affirming relationships. Teachers focus on building social competence and caring for children's wellbeing and learning needs."
Strong nurturing relationships; children settle quickly; social competence prioritised.
"Teachers use quality indicators to make the philosophy visible for parents, and build strong partnerships with parents and whānau to support children's learning."
Strong partnerships with parents and whānau; quality indicators enhance communication.
"There is an ongoing focus on bicultural and multicultural learning as part of the curriculum. Te reo and tikanga Māori are seen and heard, and children respond positively to karakia and waiata."
Te reo and tikanga Māori embedded; strong bicultural and multicultural focus.
"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; systems in place for health and safety management.
"Positive, effective leadership has contributed to respectful relationships, a cohesive team and a strong focus on continual improvement. There is a collaborative approach to decision making and strategic development."
Effective leadership; strong team cohesion; collaborative decision-making evident.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Dannemora dated 2018-04-12, 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 computedThe 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
15-19 Siedeberg Drive, East Tamaki. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Dannemora a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Dannemora is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Dannemora?
- 105 children attend BestStart Dannemora (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Dannemora?
- 15-19 Siedeberg Drive East Tamaki Auckland - Howick
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #25377) ↗ · 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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