BestStart Greerton
Education & Care
169A Maleme Street, Greerton · Tauranga City
ERO assessed BestStart Greerton as Not well placed in October 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in curriculum, children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership, but found whānau partnership and bicultural practice required development. The service had sound active learning and strong staff relationships, though assessment systems and te reo Māori use needed embedding.
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ERO review · 2018-10-26· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children enjoy a wide range of rich curriculum experiences. Features of the curriculum include: opportunities for active exploration, including the use of a natural bush area attached to the centre, learning about sustainability and taking care of animals the natural integration of literacy, mathematics and science te ao Māori being visible within the physical environment and developing bicultural practices that support Māori to actively achieve success as Māori."
Sound curriculum with active exploration and Te Whāriki alignment; assessment system needs embedding.
"Respectful, responsive relationships with children encourage them to be involved in inquiry learning. Strengths of teaching and learning practices include: intentionally planned activities and projects supporting children to develop working theories and critical thinking transitions into and within the centre and on to school that are well supported inclusive practice of children with additional learning needs individualised care routines for children up to the age of two years in a well-resourced environment."
Strong relationships and well-supported transitions; inclusive practices established.
"Leaders now need to review the centre's philosophy in consultation with the new teaching team and whānau, and document a localised curriculum."
Partnership developing; needs enhanced consultation with whānau on philosophy and curriculum.
"The centre has responded positively to the next step identified in the 2015 ERO report and is now developing links with local hapū and iwi and beginning to strengthen the use of te reo Māori."
Links with hapū and iwi developing; te reo Māori use emerging, needs strengthening.
"Reported ratios of staff to children Under 2 1:4 Better than minimum requirements Over 2 1:8 Better than minimum requirements"
Ratios exceed minimum requirements; assurance statement completed on legal compliance.
"Leadership is effectively building teachers' practice to promote positive outcomes for children. Aspects of leadership contributing to this include: mentoring, coaching and supporting emerging leadership within the teaching team a strong vision, focussed on quality and ongoing improvement through internal evaluation well-established relationships within the local community and BestStart management."
Effective mentoring and coaching; strong vision and internal evaluation established.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Greerton dated 2018-10-26, 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
169A Maleme Street, Greerton. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Greerton a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Greerton is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Greerton?
- 45 children attend BestStart Greerton (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Greerton?
- 169A Maleme Street Greerton 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 #30082) ↗ · 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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