BestStart Mangorei Road
Education & Care
95 Mangorei Road, Strandon · New Plymouth District
ERO assessed BestStart Mangorei Road as Not well placed in February 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report identified sound curriculum implementation and effective whānau partnership (both B grades), but noted areas for development in bicultural practice and health and safety compliance (both C grades). The service was working to address a window safety non-compliance issue.
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Education Review · 2020-02-13· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Te Whāriki guides the centre curriculum. A new planning, assessment and evaluation framework is implemented. It includes individual children's plans, group planning, parent aspirations and their contributions that informs planning processes. A next step for leaders and teachers is to build shared understanding and embed the assessment, planning and evaluation process to progress learning and teaching for all children."
Sound curriculum implementation with established planning framework; consistency and embedding identified as next steps.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"A new planning, assessment and evaluation framework is implemented. It includes individual children's plans, group planning, parent aspirations and their contributions that informs planning processes."
Parent aspirations and contributions inform planning; parent voice integrated into assessment processes.
"Te ao Māori is implemented through rituals of welcoming, waiata, pepeha, books, artefacts and visual displays. A next step is for leaders and teachers to strengthen te reo me ngā tikanga Māori practices that contribute to success for Māori."
Basic te ao Māori implementation evident; strengthening te reo and tikanga practices identified as priority.
"ERO identified an area of non-compliance relating to children's physical safety. To meet requirements the service needs to improve its performance in the following area and ensure: any windows accessible to children are made of safety glass or covered by suitable adhesive film."
Non-compliance identified with window safety; compliance issue noted though reportedly addressed post-review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Mangorei Road dated 2020-02-13, 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 Mangorei Road 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
95 Mangorei Road, Strandon. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Mangorei Road a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Mangorei Road is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Mangorei Road?
- 75 children attend BestStart Mangorei Road (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Mangorei Road?
- 95 Mangorei Road Strandon New Plymouth District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45335) ↗ · 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.