BestStart Meadowbank
Education & Care
31 Kelvin Road, Remuera · Auckland - Ōrākei
ERO assessed BestStart Meadowbank as Not well placed in 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identifies strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership and health and safety, but notes that curriculum and learning assessment processes and bicultural practice require 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
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 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ERO Review · 2017-09-20· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The centre manager has identified the need for teachers to continue to strengthen both assessment and planning processes."
Assessment and planning processes need strengthening; details on learning progress lacking.
"Transitions into and through the centre are well managed. An internal evaluation focus on children's entry into the centre as young infants has led to changes to the ways in which teachers help children to settle."
Transitions well managed; children enjoy peer connections and supportive relationships.
"Children and their families are warmly welcomed into the centre. Teachers have established effective strategies for getting to know children and families. They share friendly and open conversations when children arrive and leave."
Warm welcome, friendly conversations, formal progress discussions; online updates provided.
"Teachers are also building their understanding and knowledge of te ao Māori and te reo me ōna tikanga Māori. While these initiatives are in the early stages, some teachers are beginning to use words and phrases in te reo Māori with the children."
Te reo and tikanga initiatives emerging; opportunities exist for deeper integration.
"Good systems are in place to ensure that staff follow routines and health and safety checks."
Good systems in place; ratios better than minimum requirements; compliance confirmed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Meadowbank dated 2017-09-20, 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 Meadowbank 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
31 Kelvin Road, Remuera. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Meadowbank a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Meadowbank is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Meadowbank?
- 45 children attend BestStart Meadowbank (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Meadowbank?
- 31 Kelvin Road Remuera Auckland - Ōrākei
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #20468) ↗ · 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.