BestStart Kamo Central
Education & Care
2a Lilian Street, Kamo · Whangarei District
ERO assessed BestStart Kamo Central as Not well placed in 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and bicultural practice (all graded A), with health and safety meeting legal requirements (graded B).
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
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 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ERO Review · 2018-08-14· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers maintain a high quality, responsive curriculum that is meaningful to the centre's context. They prioritise valuable learning which includes children's social competence, language and literacy development."
High quality, responsive curriculum with strong focus on children's learning needs and Te Whāriki implementation.
"Teachers' warm, genuine conversations and interactions with children foster strong relationships, which enrich children's language and support their wellbeing."
Strong relationships, positive interactions, and clear support for children's emotional and social wellbeing demonstrate
"Effective communication with children's whānau enables teachers to follow the individual routines and preferences of these young children, and to be sensitive to each family's culture."
Effective communication with families, responsive to individual family routines and cultural preferences, parents' aspir
"Teachers implement the bicultural principles of Te Whāriki, the early childhood curriculum. Bicultural practices are an integral part of the learning environment and feature in interactions with children and whānau."
Bicultural principles integral to learning environment; creative engagement with whānau connecting families to centre ro
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal requirements met; ratios comply with minimum standards; management assurance on health and safety systems provided
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Kamo Central dated 2018-08-14, 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 Kamo Central 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
2a Lilian Street, Kamo. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Kamo Central a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Kamo Central is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Kamo Central?
- 40 children attend BestStart Kamo Central (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Kamo Central?
- 2a Lilian Street Kamo Whangarei District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #10408) ↗ · 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.