BestStart Te Atatu Peninsula
Education & Care
5 Cellarmans Street, Te Atatu Peninsula · Auckland - Henderson-Massey
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in June 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified curriculum and learning, whānau partnership, and bicultural practice as areas needing strengthening, while children's wellbeing, health and safety systems, and leadership were operating at satisfactory levels.
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ERO Review · 2017-06-30· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Further improvement is required in teaching and learning practices."
Teaching practices developing; assessment and planning need strengthening
"Children generally settle easily at the start of the day and demonstrate a sense of wellbeing and belonging in the centre."
Children settled with sense of belonging; relationships established in some rooms
"Teachers engage parents in conversations about their children's home routines and follow these as closely as possible."
Parent engagement occurring but assessment needs to link to parents' aspirations
"Children have opportunities to hear and understand te reo Māori and to experience cultural protocols. Teachers have identified this as an area of the curriculum that they want to strengthen."
Te reo and tikanga present but identified as area needing strengthening
"Good systems are in place to ensure that staff follow routines and health and safety checks."
Systems established and legal requirements met; ratios compliant
"The manager plans to improve the quality of teaching and learning throughout the centre. She has identified the need to strengthen team relationships and collaboration, and to support teachers to take leadership roles."
Purposeful leadership with clear improvement focus; professional learning evident
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Te Atatu Peninsula dated 2017-06-30, 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
5 Cellarmans Street, Te Atatu Peninsula. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Te Atatu Peninsula a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Te Atatu Peninsula is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Te Atatu Peninsula?
- 100 children attend BestStart Te Atatu Peninsula (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Te Atatu Peninsula?
- 5 Cellarmans Street Te Atatu Peninsula Auckland - Henderson-Massey
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #10060) ↗ · 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.