BestStart Glasgow Street
Education & Care
451 Victoria Avenue, College Estate · Whanganui District
BestStart Glasgow Street is an education and care service in College Estate, Whanganui District, with a roll of 110 children. Our analysis of the 2020 ERO report identified strengths in curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership and governance (all grade B), though bicultural practice was graded C with limited te reo Māori opportunities in meaningful contexts.
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Akanuku · 2020-10-28· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children are provided with opportunities to participate in a range of experiences to enhance and extend their learning and development."
Children have opportunities for learning; systematic approach to parent aspirations needed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Positive steps are taken to respect and acknowledge the aspirations held by parents and whānau for their children."
Parent/whānau aspirations respected; more systematic approach recommended.
"Kaiako should increase opportunities children have to hear and speak te reo Māori in meaningful learning contexts."
Te reo Māori opportunities limited; need for increased meaningful contexts.
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."
Regulatory standards met; food record non-compliance identified and addressed.
"Progress is evident."
Previous non-compliances addressed; continuity of staffing ongoing priority.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Glasgow Street dated 2020-10-28, 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 Glasgow Street 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
451 Victoria Avenue, College Estate. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Glasgow Street a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Glasgow Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Glasgow Street?
- 110 children attend BestStart Glasgow Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Glasgow Street?
- 451 Victoria Avenue College Estate Whanganui 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 #45192) ↗ · 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.