BestStart Montessori Mosgiel
Education & Care
65 Murray Street, Mosgiel East · Dunedin City
ERO assessed the service as Not well placed in 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in whānau partnership (grade A) and curriculum and learning (grade B), with health and safety also graded B. The service maintained staffing ratios above minimum requirements.
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ERO review · 2018-11-12· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Tamariki are active participants in and contributors to their learning. They are supported to achieve the centre aims to develop independence and responsibility for themselves, each other and their environment."
Effective Montessori curriculum with intentional teaching and active learning, though alignment of indoor/outdoor progra
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Parents and whānau are very well informed about the centre programme and the learning of their tamariki. Their opinions are regularly sought to inform planning for individual tamariki and centre improvement."
Strong, consistent communication and genuine partnership with families in planning and decision-making.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management assurance confirmed legal compliance; ratios exceed minimum requirements.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Montessori Mosgiel dated 2018-11-12, 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 Montessori Mosgiel 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
65 Murray Street, Mosgiel 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 Montessori Mosgiel a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Montessori Mosgiel is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Montessori Mosgiel?
- 70 children attend BestStart Montessori Mosgiel (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Montessori Mosgiel?
- 65 Murray Street Mosgiel East Dunedin City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #80081) ↗ · 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.