BestStart Rugby Park
Education & Care
172 Eye St, Invercargill Central · Invercargill City
ERO assessed BestStart Rugby Park as Not well placed in its 2018 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing, health and safety, and leadership, with grades of B across these areas. Bicultural practice was graded C, with meaningful integration of te reo and tikanga identified as a key area for development.
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ERO review · 2018-08-13· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers take an intentional approach to promote continuity in children's learning. This can be seen through improved planning and assessment practices."
Intentional teaching and improved planning evident; assessment strengthening identified as next step.
"Children experience respectful, responsive relationships with their teachers in a calm and settled environment. They learn and play collaboratively with their peers and with children of other ages. Children and their whānau enjoy a strong sense of wellbeing and belonging."
Strong relationships, calm environment, belonging clearly established and demonstrated.
"Teachers are seeking to further strengthen parent voice in their children's learning."
Parent communication established but strengthening parent voice identified as next step.
"Leaders and teachers seek to integrate te reo and tikanga Māori in the daily programme in meaningful ways."
Te reo and tikanga present; meaningful integration identified as key next step for development.
"Children under two years of age are well cared for in a safe and responsive environment."
Safe environment confirmed; legal compliance attested and reviewed without issues noted.
"Since the 2014 ERO review, leaders and teachers have considerably improved their understanding and use of internal evaluation, including evaluation of the impact of the teaching strategies on children's learning."
Internal evaluation and professional learning embedded; sustained improvement culture demonstrated.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Rugby Park dated 2018-08-13, 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
172 Eye St, Invercargill Central. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Rugby Park a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Rugby Park is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Rugby Park?
- 75 children attend BestStart Rugby Park (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Rugby Park?
- 172 Eye St Invercargill Central Invercargill 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 #65186) ↗ · 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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