BestStart Rangiora
Education & Care
62-64 Percival Street, Lilybrook · Waimakariri District
ERO assessed BestStart Rangiora as Not well placed in June 2020. Our analysis of the ERO report shows strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety (all graded B), but identified areas requiring development: bicultural practice and leadership and governance were both graded C, while curriculum and learning planning and assessment are improving but not yet consistently embedded.
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
Governing Organisation Evaluation · 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ERO review · 2020-06-10· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Kaiako are improving planning and assessment practices. These are becoming more responsive to the interests, needs and abilities of all children, including infants, toddlers and diverse learners."
Planning and assessment improving but not yet embedded consistently.
"Teacher practices and curriculum decisions support positive relationships that enhance children's wellbeing and learning. Kaiako (teachers) interact with children in positive, affirming and respectful ways."
Positive relationships and affirming interactions supporting children's wellbeing.
"Kaiako build relationships with families and partnerships with the wider community that support and extend children's learning opportunities. They value parent involvement and create spaces for parents to spend time at the centre."
Families valued with involvement opportunities; partnerships with schools established.
"Some aspects of a bicultural curriculum, such as the use of waiata, karakia and recognition of aspects of tikanga Māori, are evident. Leaders recognise that bicultural practice requires strengthening."
Basic bicultural elements present but require significant strengthening.
"Policies and procedures provide clear guidance to centre managers and teachers for the operation of the centre and maintaining health and safety for children and adults."
Clear policies and procedures in place for health and safety management.
"Internal evaluation is not used consistently to show improved outcomes for learners. Internal evaluation has been development-oriented as the new leaders establish and build new practices."
New leadership structure establishing; internal evaluation inconsistent and developing.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Rangiora dated 2020-06-10, 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 computedThe 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
62-64 Percival Street, Lilybrook. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Rangiora a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Rangiora is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Rangiora?
- 75 children attend BestStart Rangiora (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Rangiora?
- 62-64 Percival Street Lilybrook Waimakariri District
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #70109) ↗ · 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
Last build refresh: . See full methodology + data sources pages for licences, refresh cadences, and known gaps.