BestStart East Tamaki Road
Education & Care
38 East Tamaki Road, Papatoetoe · Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe
BestStart East Tamaki Road is an education and care service in Papatoetoe with a current roll of 100 children. Our analysis of the 2019 ERO report found B grades across curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, and health and safety. No overall ERO placement was recorded.
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ERO review · 2019-04-05· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers plan, implement and evaluate a curriculum that is designed to respond to the learning interests, strengths and capabilities of children."
Curriculum planning and evaluation evident and responsive to children's learning needs.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Communication with whānau is regular."
Regular communication with families established.
"The programme acknowledges the bicultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand. It encourages children to be confident in their own culture and develop respect for other cultures."
Bicultural heritage acknowledged; cultural confidence and respect fostered.
"Systems are in place to monitor health and safety requirements."
Health and safety systems in place and monitored.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart East Tamaki Road dated 2019-04-05, 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 East Tamaki Road 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
38 East Tamaki Road, Papatoetoe. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart East Tamaki Road a free kindergarten?
- BestStart East Tamaki Road is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart East Tamaki Road?
- 100 children attend BestStart East Tamaki Road (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart East Tamaki Road?
- 38 East Tamaki Road Papatoetoe Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe
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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 #47126) ↗ · 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.