BestStart Lambie Drive
Education & Care
11 Lambie Drive, Manukau Central · Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe
ERO assessed BestStart Lambie Drive as Not well placed in 2016. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, health and safety, and leadership and governance, all graded B. The service operated a Te Whāriki-based programme with play-based learning, though assessment practices needed development at that time.
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ERO Review · 2016-09-14· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The centre offers a learning programme strongly based on the principles of the Te Whariki, the early childhood curriculum."
Te Whāriki-based programme with strong play-based learning evident, though assessment needs development.
"Children have a strong sense of belonging to the centre and confidently lead their own learning and play."
Strong sense of belonging and positive relationships evident, children confident and engaged.
"Parents are welcome partners in their child's learning. Teachers offer many formal and informal opportunities to meet with parents to discuss their child's learning progress."
Good formal and informal engagement with parents; family aspirations gathered for planning.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance attested; systems in place for monitoring health, safety, and management operations.
"Centre leaders make good use of the BestStart organisation internal evaluation processes and guidelines. These include appraisal and performance management systems that are based on useful evidence."
Effective internal evaluation processes and coaching systems in place; strategic alignment with organisation evident.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Lambie Drive dated 2016-09-14, 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 Lambie Drive 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
11 Lambie Drive, Manukau Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
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Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Lambie Drive a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Lambie Drive is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Lambie Drive?
- 50 children attend BestStart Lambie Drive (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Lambie Drive?
- 11 Lambie Drive Manukau Central Auckland - Ōtara-Papatoetoe
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #10299) ↗ · 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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