BestStart MacDonald Street
Education & Care
39 MacDonald Street, Mt Maunganui · Tauranga City
ERO assessed this 52-child service as Not well placed in their 2018 review. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership, but identified bicultural practice as requiring continued 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
ERO review · 2018-10-26· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children, their families and teachers enjoy trusting, respectful and reciprocal relationships. Positive relationships are integral to learning and foster children's sense of belonging and emotional wellbeing."
Strong relationships foster belonging and emotional wellbeing; responsive transitions established.
"Children, their families and teachers enjoy trusting, respectful and reciprocal relationships."
Trusting relationships between families, teachers and children evident in centre culture.
"Te reo and tikanga and te ao Māori are more visible in the environment, as a result. However, leadership and teachers recognise this is an area for continued development."
Te reo and tikanga visibility improved but acknowledged as requiring continued development.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The centre has strong leadership. Internal evaluation processes focus on improving outcomes for children's learning and wellbeing."
Strong leadership with effective internal evaluation focused on children's learning outcomes.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart MacDonald Street 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 computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where BestStart MacDonald Street 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
39 MacDonald Street, Mt Maunganui. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart MacDonald Street a free kindergarten?
- BestStart MacDonald Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart MacDonald Street?
- 52 children attend BestStart MacDonald Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart MacDonald Street?
- 39 MacDonald Street Mt Maunganui Tauranga City
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #30028) ↗ · 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.