BestStart Waikanae
Education & Care
32 Winara Avenue, Waikanae East · Kapiti Coast District
ERO assessed BestStart Waikanae as Not well placed in February 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified strengths in children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and health and safety. Areas for development include curriculum and learning practices, bicultural practice engagement with whānau, and the robustness of leadership and self-review processes.
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ERO review · 2017-02-22· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Leaders acknowledge that a next step is using these profile books to show clearly: how parents' aspirations are used to inform their child's programme children's progress in learning over time how children's languages, cultures and identities are acknowledged and celebrated."
Assessment practice developing; profile books not yet showing progress clearly or celebrating identities.
"Children's transitions into and through the centre are thoughtfully undertaken in collaboration with families and whānau. This approach supports children to settle quickly."
Thoughtful transitions and strong sense of belonging evident; good responsive caregiving for infants and toddlers.
"Teachers know children well within the context of their families."
Family knowledge evident; collaborative transitions in place; parent feedback acted upon.
"A next step is to more effectively integrate a bicultural perspective in the environment."
Tikanga and te reo used; next step needed to engage whānau on Māori educational success definition.
"All early childhood services are required to promote children's health and safety and to regularly review their compliance with legal requirements."
Assurance statement completed; ratios meet requirements; supervision and hygiene systems in place.
"Leaders and teachers have identified that developing a robust set of indicators and more in-depth analysis of evidence are next steps for improving this process and making a shift to internal evaluation."
Self-review guided but not yet robust; internal evaluation needs strengthening; professional learning available.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Waikanae dated 2017-02-22, 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).
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
32 Winara Avenue, Waikanae East. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Waikanae a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Waikanae is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Waikanae?
- 40 children attend BestStart Waikanae (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Waikanae?
- 32 Winara Avenue Waikanae East Kapiti Coast 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 #60340) ↗ · 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.