BestStart Mount Eden
Education & Care
25 Walters Road, Sandringham · Auckland - Albert-Eden
ERO assessed BestStart Mount Eden as Not well placed in their 2017 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing and whānau partnership, with good bicultural practice and health and safety management, though some areas 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
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ERO Review · 2017-12-07· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The centre's responsive programme nurtures a strong sense of belonging and wellbeing for children."
Strong belonging and wellbeing; smooth transitions; social-emotional competence highly evident.
"Whānau are involved in the programme and actively support the centre's development. Teachers value their partnerships with parents in supporting children's learning. They use an electronic portal to keep parents well informed about their children's learning, events in the centre, and early childhood education research."
Strong whānau involvement; active partnership; regular, informed communication via portal.
"Teachers integrate te reo me ōna tikanga Māori in children's play through waiata, kapa haka and tukutuku. Pūrākau (Māori legends) are a regular feature in children's learning."
Good te reo and tikanga integration; pūrākau featured; aim to extend te ao Māori to local contexts.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Management assurance attested; legal compliance confirmed; ratios meet minimum requirements.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Mount Eden dated 2017-12-07, 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 Mount Eden 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
25 Walters Road, Sandringham. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Mount Eden a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Mount Eden is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Mount Eden?
- 56 children attend BestStart Mount Eden (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Mount Eden?
- 25 Walters Road Sandringham Auckland - Albert-Eden
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #20131) ↗ · 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.