BestStart Faringdon East
Education & Care
526 East Maddisons Road, Faringdon · Selwyn District
BestStart Faringdon East is an education and care service in Faringdon with a current roll of 105 children. Our analysis of the ERO report from October 2020 found the service graded B across children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership and governance, indicating children are supported as confident learners with positive relationships, health and safety policies are regularly reviewed, and staffing includes over 80% qualified teachers.
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
Akanuku · 2020-10-20· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Adults treat children as confident and competent learners."
Children treated as confident learners; positive relationships supported.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Health and safety policies and procedures are regularly reviewed, and practices monitored."
Policies regularly reviewed; compliance achieved after addressing hot water temperature non-compliance.
"The centre manager is supported by 13 staff, including 11 qualified or in-training teachers."
Adequate staffing with 80%+ qualified teachers; responsive to compliance issues.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Faringdon East dated 2020-10-20, 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 Faringdon East 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
526 East Maddisons Road, Faringdon. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Faringdon East a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Faringdon East is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Faringdon East?
- 105 children attend BestStart Faringdon East (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Faringdon East?
- 526 East Maddisons Road Faringdon Selwyn District
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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 #47618) ↗ · 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.