BestStart Willowpark Road
Education & Care
513 Queen Street East, Parkvale-Napier/Hastings · Hastings District
ERO assessed this service as Not well placed in 2017. Our analysis of the ERO report found the centre performed at grade B across all dimensions: curriculum and learning, children's wellbeing, whānau partnership, bicultural practice, health and safety, and leadership and governance. The centre had staffing ratios exceeding minimum requirements and a collaborative approach to planning with parents.
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ERO review · 2017-03-30· superseded by operator-wide review above
"A wide range of learning experiences is provided. Literacy, mathematics, and science are valued and highly promoted."
Effective curriculum with valued literacy, mathematics, and science promotion evident.
"Children appear happy and engaged. Teachers' respectful and collaborative practices result in a calm, unhurried environment where children and their families feel welcome and valued."
Children happy and engaged in calm, welcoming environment with positive teacher practices.
"Teachers have developed a collaborative and visual approach to planning for learning that is inclusive of parent's contribution."
Collaborative planning approach includes parent contribution in learning programme.
"Bicultural practice is highly evident. Thoughtful consideration has been given to acknowledging the cultural backgrounds of children and their families throughout the environment and the programme."
Bicultural practice evident with thoughtful acknowledgement of cultural backgrounds throughout.
"Reported ratios of staff to children Under 2 1:4 Better than minimum requirements Over 2 1:8 Better than minimum requirements"
Staffing ratios exceed minimum requirements; legal requirements attested as met.
"A clear framework is in place to guide the appraisal process. This includes self and appraiser assessment and has a developmental focus. Leaders formal observations of teacher practice are providing useful information about the quality of teaching."
Clear appraisal framework with developmental focus; formal observations informing teaching quality.
Source: Education Review Office review of BestStart Willowpark Road dated 2017-03-30, 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
513 Queen Street East, Parkvale-Napier/Hastings. Nearby centres marked in grey — click to navigate.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO · Brand-teal pin = this centre, 800m radius shown
Frequently asked
- Is BestStart Willowpark Road a free kindergarten?
- BestStart Willowpark Road is a Education & Care service. 20 Hours ECE applies for 3-5 year olds at participating centres.
- What's the roll at BestStart Willowpark Road?
- 72 children attend BestStart Willowpark Road (roll year 2025).
- Where is BestStart Willowpark Road?
- 513 Queen Street East Parkvale-Napier/Hastings Hastings 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 #55509) ↗ · 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
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