BestStart Jones Crescent Kindy
Education & Care
9 Jones Crescent, Melville · Hamilton City
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strong children's wellbeing (A grade) alongside B grades for curriculum and learning, bicultural practice, and leadership and governance. The review noted effective teaching interactions and positive relationships, with opportunities to extend outdoor learning and local iwi engagement.
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ERO Review · 2017-10-13· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children benefit from a personalised, inclusive and responsive curriculum. The prior knowledge and experiences children bring from their own home and culture are valued, built on and celebrated. Teacher interactions for learning are warm and affirming."
Effective responsive curriculum with warm teaching interactions; opportunity to extend outdoor learning.
"Children are settled, happy and engaged in learning though play. Positive and responsive relationships are evident amongst teachers and children, and this builds a strong sense of belonging. Teachers make effective use of positive guidance principles to encourage children's social competencies and self-management skills."
Strong sense of belonging, positive relationships, effective guidance, high engagement throughout centre.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Te reo Māori and tikanga Māori are evident in practice, and the Ministry of Education document Tātaiako is used for staff reflection on their practice. The diversity of culture in the kindergarten is embraced and celebrated. All children, including Māori, have their language, culture and identity affirmed and respected."
Te reo and tikanga embedded; cultural diversity celebrated; opportunity to extend with local iwi elements.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The newly appointed centre manager has established positive and trusting relationships throughout the community. She is providing well-informed professional leadership, and is building a collaborative team. Internal evaluation and appraisal processes are well established and focussed on continual development and improvement."
Strong leadership with collaborative approach; robust internal evaluation; focus on continuous improvement.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Jones Crescent Kindy dated 2017-10-13, 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 Jones Crescent Kindy 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
9 Jones Crescent, Melville. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Jones Crescent Kindy a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Jones Crescent Kindy is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Jones Crescent Kindy?
- 30 children attend BestStart Jones Crescent Kindy (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Jones Crescent Kindy?
- 9 Jones Crescent Melville Hamilton 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 #30203) ↗ · 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
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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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