BestStart Great North Road
Education & Care
3180 Great North Road, New Lynn · Auckland - Whau
ERO assessed BestStart Great North Road as Not well placed in September 2016. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership, all graded B. Bicultural practice was identified as an area requiring development, graded C.
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Education Review · 2016-09-21· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers use Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum, to guide programme development. They plan collaboratively for learning opportunities and 'provocations' that support and extend children's interests."
Te Whāriki guides practice; collaborative planning evident but no exemplary designation.
"Children in this centre are settled and demonstrate a strong sense of belonging. They are confident to explore as they play happily together and alongside each other."
Strong sense of belonging and confidence demonstrated; relationships valued and supported.
"Parents, teachers and children share information and lots of stories on a daily basis when children arrive and leave the centre."
Regular communication and parent engagement in daily sharing; emerging portfolio contributions.
"continuing to develop bicultural practice through deepening teachers' knowledge of te ao Māori perspectives and making this visible in centre programmes and documentation"
Identified as next step; diverse languages represented but bicultural practice requires deepening.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Assurance statement completed; ratios meet/exceed minimums; systems in place for safety.
"The centre is well led by the centre manager and three team leaders. Sound appraisal processes support teachers to reflect on and improve their teaching practice."
Clear leadership structure; sound appraisal processes; professional learning opportunities provided.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Great North Road dated 2016-09-21, 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 computedThe 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
3180 Great North Road, New Lynn. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Great North Road a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Great North Road is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Great North Road?
- 100 children attend BestStart Great North Road (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Great North Road?
- 3180 Great North Road New Lynn Auckland - Whau
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45654) ↗ · 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.