BestStart Vivian Street
Education & Care
102 Vivian Street, Kawaroa · New Plymouth District
ERO assessed BestStart Vivian Street as Not well placed in February 2018. Our analysis of the ERO report found the service received B grades across all dimensions: Curriculum & learning, Children's wellbeing, Bicultural practice, Health & safety, and Leadership & governance. Despite receiving B grades, the overall ERO placement was Not well placed.
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ERO Review · 2018-02-15· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Children benefit from opportunities to make meaningful choices, challenge themselves and work collaboratively with others in an environment that reflects the cultural diversity of the centre. They confidently engage in a stimulating play-based curriculum."
Effective play-based curriculum with meaningful choices and collaboration evident.
"Teaching interactions are warm and support children to develop a sense of belonging. Strategies are used to effectively build social competence."
Warm teaching interactions and effective social competence strategies demonstrated.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"Teachers demonstrate high levels of commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Opportunities for children to experience waiata, te reo Māori, and karakia are authentically integrated throughout the day. Strong relationships have been established with local iwi and marae, which is supporting the development of a curriculum that is responsive to its community."
High commitment to Te Tiriti with authentic te reo and strong iwi relationships established.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Service attests to meeting legal obligations; systems in place for physical and emotional safety.
"Distributed leadership is evident. Leaders and teachers regularly share and discuss professional learning. Leaders have successfully built a positive team culture."
Distributed leadership evident with strong team culture and professional learning engagement.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Vivian Street dated 2018-02-15, 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 Vivian Street 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
102 Vivian Street, Kawaroa. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Vivian Street a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Vivian Street is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Vivian Street?
- 50 children attend BestStart Vivian Street (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Vivian Street?
- 102 Vivian Street Kawaroa New Plymouth 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 #40233) ↗ · 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.