BestStart Mahora
Education & Care
504 Frederick Street, Mahora · Hastings District
BestStart Mahora is an education and care service in Mahora with 42 children on roll. Our analysis of the ERO report from November 2020 grades the service as B across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership and governance. The service maintains an inclusive curriculum with child voice, though assessment practice development was identified as an area for further work.
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
Akanuku · 2020-11-19· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children experience an inclusive curriculum where their preferences are respected, and they are involved in decisions about their learning."
Inclusive curriculum with child voice, though assessment practice development still needed.
"The service is effectively governed and managed, and adults take all reasonable steps to ensure the good health and safety of children."
Children's health and safety ensured; emotional safety systems assessed as meeting standards.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Health and safety Meeting"
Regulatory health and safety standards met; systems in place.
"The service is effectively governed and managed, and adults take all reasonable steps to ensure the good health and safety of children."
Effective governance and management with systems for compliance in place.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Mahora dated 2020-11-19, 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 Mahora 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
504 Frederick Street, Mahora. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Mahora a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Mahora is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Mahora?
- 42 children attend BestStart Mahora (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Mahora?
- 504 Frederick Street Mahora Hastings District
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Nearby & related
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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 #55089) ↗ · 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.