BestStart Portage Road Kindy
Education & Care
17-19 Portage Road, Otahuhu · Auckland - Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed. Our analysis of the ERO report identified curriculum and learning as requiring development, with programme planning needing to be more responsive and intentional. Other areas including children's wellbeing, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance were assessed more positively.
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ERO review · 2017-11-28· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers work alongside children. They should further develop programme planning that is responsive to children's interests, and that engages, extends and deepens children's knowledge, skills and dispositions."
Programme planning needs development to be more responsive and intentional.
"Children's safety is prioritised. They have a secure physical environment, and are familiar with the structured routines for their day."
Children feel safe with secure environment and familiar routines established.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers integrate basic te reo and tikanga Māori into the programme and daily routines. They are continuing to develop bicultural practices."
Te reo and tikanga integrated into programmes; bicultural practices developing.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Legal compliance confirmed through assurance statement and audit checklist.
"The centre manager has a clear vision for the centre's future direction, and is focused on continuous improvement. She is supported by BestStart managers, who are appropriately prioritising their planning to build teacher capability."
Clear vision with focus on improvement; supported by managers prioritising capability-building.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Portage Road Kindy dated 2017-11-28, 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).
Composite score
How this is computedOne or more dimensions missing from ERO data
Where BestStart Portage Road 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
17-19 Portage Road, Otahuhu. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Portage Road Kindy a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Portage Road Kindy is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Portage Road Kindy?
- 80 children attend BestStart Portage Road Kindy (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Portage Road Kindy?
- 17-19 Portage Road Otahuhu 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 #46862) ↗ · 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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