BestStart Leeds Street
Education & Care
8 Leed Street, Wellington CBD · Wellington City
ERO assessed BestStart Leeds Street as Not well placed in June 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership, with grades of B in these areas. However, curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, and bicultural practice all received grades of C, indicating these areas require further development.
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Education Review · 2020-06-03· superseded by operator-wide review above
"While suitable guidelines for practice are in place, the quality of planning for learning requires strengthening."
Planning quality needs strengthening; assessment and evaluation require further development.
"They are confident and socially competent learners who demonstrate a strong sense of belonging."
Children show confidence, social competence, and strong sense of belonging.
"As the service continues to review its philosophy, leaders should ensure they engage with whānau Māori and their Pacific community to determine what education success means for these families and their children in this context."
Engagement with whānau Māori and Pacific families needs strengthening and clarification.
"Leaders and teachers should continue to grow their understanding of te ao Māori, and the integration of te reo me ngā tikanga Māori in the programme to further enrich children's learning."
Te ao Māori understanding and te reo/tikanga integration require continued development.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Health and safety systems in place; minor issue with mattress spacing was addressed.
"Senior managers effectively foster a collective sense of responsibility to implement the vision, values and mission of the organisation. Systems, processes and guiding templates are well developed and regularly reviewed to continually improve provision for children."
Strong collective leadership; well-developed systems and processes support ongoing improvement.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Leeds Street dated 2020-06-03, 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
8 Leed Street, Wellington CBD. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Leeds Street a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Leeds Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Leeds Street?
- 60 children attend BestStart Leeds Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Leeds Street?
- 8 Leed Street Wellington CBD Wellington 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 #55383) ↗ · 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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