BestStart Primrose Street
Education & Care
41 Primrose Street, Frankton · Hamilton City
ERO assessed BestStart Primrose Street as Not well placed in October 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report found strengths across all four dimensions: Curriculum & learning (A), Children's wellbeing (A), Whānau partnership (A), and Bicultural practice (A).
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ERO review · 2017-10-06· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children and whānau benefit from a curriculum that values the concepts of whanaungatanga, ako, aroha and wananga, which are represented in the form of Pou."
Highly effective curriculum with strong Te Whāriki alignment and culturally responsive pedagogy
"Babies and toddlers enjoy highly-responsive teaching and care interactions. Teachers tune into non-verbal communication and skilfully respond to teachable moments."
Exemplary responsive care and strong sense of belonging for all children
"Partnerships in learning among parents, whānau, children and teachers are based on genuine attitudes of acceptance, respect and a willingness to listen."
Strong authentic partnerships with frequent communication and collaborative goal-setting
"Te wairua o Tiriti o Waitangi is well embedded in the centre culture, processes, systems and practices. The Treaty principles of tino rangatiratanga, partnership, participation, equity/citizenship, consultation, kaitiakitanga and atua are reflected in the centre philosophy and underpinned by whakawhanaungatanga."
Treaty principles deeply embedded; strong te reo Māori and tikanga Māori integration
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Primrose Street 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 Primrose Street 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
41 Primrose Street, Frankton. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Primrose Street a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Primrose Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Primrose Street?
- 40 children attend BestStart Primrose Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Primrose Street?
- 41 Primrose Street Frankton Hamilton 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 #34095) ↗ · 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.