BestStart Wainoni Road
Education & Care
260 Wainoni Road, Wainoni · Christchurch City
ERO assessed BestStart Wainoni Road as Not well placed in 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report identified sound practices across curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, and leadership and governance, with all four dimensions graded B.
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ERO Review · 2017-07-05· superseded by operator-wide review above
"Teachers' planning and assessment practices clearly identify children's specific learning needs and ways teachers can support them."
Sound assessment and planning practices clearly identify children's learning needs.
"Children's sense of belonging and confidence within the centre is strongly promoted. They benefit from respectful and positive relationships with teachers, who know them well."
Strong sense of belonging, positive relationships, and supportive transitions evident.
"Teachers work closely with parents to ensure that there are opportunities for parents to know about and contribute to their child's learning. Parents' involvement in the centre is valued and encouraged."
Parents valued and involved in learning; opportunities for contribution evident.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
Not explicitly evaluated in this review.
"The centre manager, business manager and professional services manager work effectively in partnership to implement BestStart systems to ensure accountability and continuous improvement. They have clear expectations for teaching and learning and appropriate systems for supporting teachers' and leaders' capability and professional growth."
Effective partnership leadership with clear expectations and professional development systems.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Wainoni Road dated 2017-07-05, 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 Wainoni Road 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
260 Wainoni Road, Wainoni. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Wainoni Road a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Wainoni Road is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Wainoni Road?
- 100 children attend BestStart Wainoni Road (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Wainoni Road?
- 260 Wainoni Road Wainoni Christchurch City
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Sources & verification
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- Centre identity, contact, roll, ethnicity, 20 Hours ECE flag: MoE ECE Directory record (Service #45477) ↗ · 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
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