BestStart Te Heuheu Street Kindy
Education & Care
105 Heuheu St, Taupō Central West · Taupo District
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in its 2018 review. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strong performance across all four dimensions assessed: Children's wellbeing, Whānau partnership, Bicultural practice, and Leadership & governance each received the highest grade.
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ERO review · 2018-06-11· superseded by operator-wide review above
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Children and their families have a strong sense of belonging in a calm and settled environment."
Strong sense of belonging, positive transitions, empowered and confident learners.
"Positive transitions support effective partnerships for learning with parents and local schools."
Effective partnerships with parents and schools; regular consultation evident.
"The language, culture and identity for Māori and other children from diverse backgrounds is strongly visible within the environment."
Strong tikanga Māori integration, iwi links, te reo embedded, culturally responsive.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Experienced leaders provide collaborative leadership through strong communication with teachers."
Strategic direction embedded; strong professional learning culture; effective internal evaluation.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Te Heuheu Street Kindy dated 2018-06-11, 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 Te Heuheu Street Kindy 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
105 Heuheu St, Taupō Central West. 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 Heuheu Street Kindy a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Te Heuheu Street Kindy is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Te Heuheu Street Kindy?
- 50 children attend BestStart Te Heuheu Street Kindy (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Te Heuheu Street Kindy?
- 105 Heuheu St Taupō Central West Taupo 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 #45870) ↗ · 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.