BestStart Papakura East Kindy
Education & Care
7 Winiata Terrace, Papakura Eastburn · Auckland - Papakura
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in their October 2017 review. Our analysis of the ERO report found B grades across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, bicultural practice, and leadership and governance, indicating solid performance in these areas despite the overall placement.
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ERO Review · 2017-10-06· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers provide a curriculum that is responsive to children's needs, skills and interests. The programme is play-based and teachers skilfully integrate mathematics, literacy and science concepts into children's play."
Responsive, play-based curriculum with skilled integration of core concepts.
"Children's transitions into and through the centre are sensitively managed. Teachers' consistent expectations about behaviour have had a positive impact on children's self-management and their respect for the rights of others."
Sensitive transitions and consistent expectations support positive self-management.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Practices that reflect the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi are evident. Teachers have placed a strong focus on increasing their knowledge of te ao Māori, and their competence in using te reo Māori in conversations with children."
Te Tiriti principles evident; increasing te reo Māori competence among teachers.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"BestStart continues to provide good support for centres through professional development opportunities, management documentation and a range of quality assurance processes. PSMs and BMs maintain positive relationships with centre personnel and have high expectations for centre performance."
Good organisational support with positive relationships and quality assurance processes.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Papakura East Kindy dated 2017-10-06, 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 Papakura East Kindy 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
7 Winiata Terrace, Papakura Eastburn. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Papakura East Kindy a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Papakura East Kindy is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Papakura East Kindy?
- 39 children attend BestStart Papakura East Kindy (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Papakura East Kindy?
- 7 Winiata Terrace Papakura Eastburn Auckland - Papakura
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #25080) ↗ · 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
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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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