BestStart Everglade Babies
Education & Care
2 Keri Anne Place, Manukau Central · Auckland - Manurewa
ERO assessed BestStart Everglade Babies as Not well placed in 2019. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in children's wellbeing (A grade) and curriculum implementation (B grade), with whānau partnership and health & safety also meeting expectations (B grades). Bicultural practice was identified as an area requiring development (C grade), particularly in consistency of te reo Māori use and deepening Te Ao Māori integration.
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
Education Review · 2019-09-27· superseded by operator-wide review above
"They make good use of Te Whāriki to inform the programme. Teachers recognise children's diverse cultures and use their home languages in conversations."
Effective Te Whāriki implementation; responsive to diverse learners; some areas for deepening.
"Children settle quickly and enjoy a calm, slow pace to the programme. Children's strong sense of belonging is evident. They confidently approach adults when needed and are able to articulate their needs through verbal and non-verbal communications that are well understood by adults."
Strong belonging, confident engagement, sensitive adult support evident throughout.
"Teachers value and acknowledge parent and whānau aspirations and include these in the design of the curriculum."
Whānau aspirations incorporated into curriculum; effective communication demonstrated.
"Some teachers take personal responsibility for promoting the use of te reo Māori as a natural part of their interactions. A next step is for all teachers to be confident in the use of te reo Māori. Teachers could seek contributions from the wider whānau to build a stronger bicultural curriculum."
Inconsistent te reo Māori use; opportunity to deepen Te Ao Māori integration.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance confirmed; assurance statement completed; requirements met.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Everglade Babies dated 2019-09-27, 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 Everglade Babies 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
2 Keri Anne Place, Manukau Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Everglade Babies a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Everglade Babies is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Everglade Babies?
- 20 children attend BestStart Everglade Babies (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Everglade Babies?
- 2 Keri Anne Place Manukau Central Auckland - Manurewa
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #25166) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.