BestStart Onehunga
Education & Care
19 A Jordan Avenue, Onehunga · Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
ERO assessed BestStart Onehunga as Not well placed in their 2019 review. Our analysis of the ERO report found strong performance in children's wellbeing (grade A), with sound practice in curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, and bicultural practice (all grade B), though opportunities were identified to strengthen learning dispositions and ongoing development in te reo and tikanga.
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Education Review · 2019-09-25· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Planning and assessment processes support teachers to respond to individual children's interests and strengths."
Sound assessment and planning processes evident, with identified opportunities to strengthen focus on learning dispositi
"Children are confident and engaged learners and play well together. Children experience trusting and respectful relationships with staff and have good relationships with each other. They have a strong sense of belonging and their cultural identities are celebrated."
Strong sense of belonging, positive relationships, cultural celebration, and confident engagement consistently demonstra
"Teachers value the contribution that whānau make to children's learning. They are increasing their understanding of their community to promote and provide a high quality local curriculum."
Clear partnership approach and community understanding evident; growing capacity for local curriculum responsiveness.
"Teachers' commitment to the bicultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand is evident. They continue to seek out ways to strengthen their knowledge of te reo and tikanga Māori to further embed bicultural practices across the centre."
Commitment evident with active efforts to strengthen te reo and tikanga; ongoing development pathway identified.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Onehunga dated 2019-09-25, 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 Onehunga 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
19 A Jordan Avenue, Onehunga. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Onehunga a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Onehunga is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Onehunga?
- 80 children attend BestStart Onehunga (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Onehunga?
- 19 A Jordan Avenue Onehunga Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #20575) ↗ · 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.