BestStart Mangere East 3
Education & Care
44 Tennessee Ave, Mangere East · Auckland - Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
BestStart Mangere East 3 is an education and care service in Mangere East with a roll of 116 children. Our analysis of the ERO report found consistent B grades across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance.
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ERO Review · 2020-05-08· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The service curriculum is inclusive and responsive."
Curriculum is inclusive and responsive to children's needs.
"Relationships between teachers and children are respectful and warm."
Respectful and warm relationships support children's wellbeing.
"Staff talk with children in their home language."
Staff communicate with families in home languages.
"The service recognises and responds to the dual cultural heritage of New Zealand."
Service recognises and responds to dual cultural heritage.
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."
Service meets regulatory standards for health and safety.
"The centre philosophy statement, the BestStart overarching philosophy, policies and procedures, and annual plan guide centre operations."
Clear philosophy and policies guide centre operations.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Mangere East 3 dated 2020-05-08, 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).
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
44 Tennessee Ave, Mangere East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Mangere East 3 a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Mangere East 3 is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Mangere East 3?
- 116 children attend BestStart Mangere East 3 (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Mangere East 3?
- 44 Tennessee Ave Mangere East Auckland - Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
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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 #47286) ↗ · 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.