BestStart Mosgiel
Education & Care
52 Bush Road, Bush Road · Dunedin City
ERO assessed BestStart Mosgiel as Not well placed in September 2019. Our analysis of the ERO report found sound performance across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance, though the service was noted to require further development in internal evaluation.
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
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
Education Review · 2019-09-09· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The centre's collaboratively developed philosophy and learning priorities contribute significantly to its localised curriculum. This is becoming increasingly evident in teachers' planning for learning and the way in which the environment is intentionally prepared."
Sound curriculum implementation with evidence of intentional teaching and planning, though internal evaluation consisten
"The centre is achieving positive outcomes for children. This is evident in: the variety of broad and rich learning experiences that result in high levels of engagement, interest, physical activity and fun the sense of belonging evident in the way children are comfortable in the centre, with teachers and their peers the strong support provided for children's wellbeing"
Effective wellbeing support with strong sense of belonging and positive transitions evident.
"Parents' aspirations for their children are intentionally sought, valued and included in planning for their learning. Parents and children benefit from the responsive way in which children's transitions through the centre and to school is being managed."
Effective parent engagement with values sought and included in learning planning.
"Leaders draw on parent expertise to enrich learning about aspects of te ao Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. This should support Māori children to know that their language, culture and identity are valued."
Sound bicultural engagement with parent partnerships supporting te ao Māori learning.
"Effective systems are in place to monitor health and safety."
Effective health and safety systems in place with compliance confirmed.
"Leaders are focused on improvement and have made good progress in increasing the consistency of practice. Clarifying expectations and team building have contributed to this. Useful guidelines and frameworks positively support teachers to develop a shared understanding and contribute to the future direction of the centre."
Strong improvement focus with good progress on consistency, though internal evaluation requires further development.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Mosgiel dated 2019-09-09, 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 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
52 Bush Road, Bush Road. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Mosgiel a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Mosgiel is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Mosgiel?
- 55 children attend BestStart Mosgiel (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Mosgiel?
- 52 Bush Road Bush Road 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 #80020) ↗ · 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
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