BestStart North Road
Education & Care
122 North Road, Prestonville-Grasmere · Invercargill City
ERO assessed BestStart North Road as Not well placed in June 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report found strength in curriculum and learning (A grade) and bicultural practice (A grade), though the overall placement indicates concerns in other areas of service operation.
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education review · 2017-06-30· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children experience a rich and varied curriculum based on the principles and strands of Te Whāriki (the early childhood curriculum). Children's learning benefits from the many opportunities to explore current areas of interest and projects over time. They revisit their experiences to deepen, understand and extend learning. Teachers are intentional in the way they help children to think, problem solve, and extend their interests."
Rich Te Whāriki-based curriculum with intentional teaching and assessment
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"All children experience rich bicultural programmes and practices. The key values of whanaungatanga (relationships) and whakamana (independence) are well understood and evident. Leaders and teachers have been considered and intentional in the way they have built their own capabilities and culturally responsive practice. This is contributing to Māori children and their whānau knowing that their language and culture are valued and included."
Exemplary bicultural practices with intentional culturally responsive capability building
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart North Road dated 2017-06-30, 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 North 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
122 North Road, Prestonville-Grasmere. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart North Road a free kindergarten?
- BestStart North Road is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart North Road?
- 67 children attend BestStart North Road (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart North Road?
- 122 North Road Prestonville-Grasmere Invercargill 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 #45952) ↗ · 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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