BestStart Taita
Education & Care
14 Tocker Street, Taita · Lower Hutt City
BestStart Taita is an education and care service in Taita with a roll of 87 children. Our analysis of the May 2021 ERO report found B grades across Curriculum & learning, Children's wellbeing, Health & safety, and Leadership & governance, indicating the service meets expected standards in these areas.
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
Akanuku · 2021-05-20· superseded by operator-wide review above
"The design and layout of the service supports the different types of indoor and outdoor experiences. It includes quiet spaces, areas for physically active play, and space for a range of individual and group learning experiences."
Effective physical environment and learning spaces established; next steps identified for curriculum review.
"Kaiako use positive interactions to establish warm and reciprocal relationships with children."
Positive relationships established; emotional safety systems in place and assessed.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"At the time of the review, ERO found the service was taking reasonable steps to meet regulatory standards."
Meets regulatory standards for health, safety, premises and facilities.
"The day-to-day operation of this service is the responsibility of the centre manager. A professional practice leader and an area manager oversee and support the teaching team."
Clear management structure with oversight; previous non-compliances have been addressed.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Taita dated 2021-05-20, 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 Taita 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
14 Tocker Street, Taita. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Taita a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Taita is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Taita?
- 87 children attend BestStart Taita (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Taita?
- 14 Tocker Street Taita Lower Hutt City
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Nearby & related
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Sources & verification
Every fact on this page links back to its government source. Verify directly:
- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #47526) ↗ · 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.