BestStart Girven Road
Education & Care
58 Girven Road, Arataki South · Tauranga City
ERO assessed the service as Not well placed. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, and leadership and governance. However, the overall placement indicates areas requiring significant development across the service.
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ERO review · 2019-11-04· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children benefit from a curriculum that strongly reflects their interests. Learning opportunities are well-supported by effective partnerships with parents who share their knowledge and skills."
Strong curriculum with effective partnerships, well-resourced environments, integrated learning.
"Those children up to the age of two years learn in a calm, settled environment. Teachers work in partnership with parents to create a home-like environment for the youngest learners. Children and their families develop a strong sense of belonging."
Calm environments, strong sense of belonging, well-supported transitions, positive relationships.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"A highly effective shared leadership approach is building capability within the service. The collaborative team enact a shared philosophy. Leaders have clear expectations and the centre is well organised. Professional development is regularly participated in by teachers and aspiring leaders."
Highly effective shared leadership, strong team culture, ongoing professional development and coaching.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Girven Road dated 2019-11-04, 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 Girven 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
58 Girven Road, Arataki South. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Girven Road a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Girven Road is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Girven Road?
- 50 children attend BestStart Girven Road (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Girven Road?
- 58 Girven Road Arataki South Tauranga 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 #30166) ↗ · 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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