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Best by SchoolsNearMe composite (v1) — Southland top-30

Centres ranked by the v1 composite score — a weighted average of all six ERO dimensions (curriculum 20% · wellbeing 20% · health & safety 20% · leadership 15% · whānau partnership 12.5% · bicultural practice 12.5%) on a 0–100 absolute scale. Centres missing a dimension get the national mean for that dimension as a flagged synthetic placeholder.

83 centres eligible in Southland. Source: Education Review Office, licensed CC-BY 4.0.

1

Newfield Kindergarten

Newfield · Southland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
2

Oxford Kindergarten

East Gore · Southland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
3

Waverley Kindergarten

Windsor · Southland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh A B B H B L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 45
4

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kimihia Te Mātauranga o Ngā Tūpuna

Richmond (Invercargill City) · Southland · Kohanga Reo

C A W A Wh A B H A L

Roll 56
5

Winton Kindergarten

Winton · Southland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh A B A H B L B ERO: Not well placed

Roll 45
6

Glengarry Kindergarten

Glengarry · Southland · Kindergarten

C A W Wh A B A H L A ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
7

Rockdale Park Kindergarten

Heidelberg · Southland · Kindergarten

C A W A Wh B A H B L B ERO: Not well placed

Roll 37
8

Te Kōhanga Reo Kia Ngāwari

Mataura · Southland · Kohanga Reo

C A W Wh A B A H B L

Roll 27
9

Children's Ward Playroom - Southland Hospital

Appleby South (Invercargill City) · Southland · Hospital Based

C W A Wh A B B H L A

Roll 18
10

BestStart North Road

Prestonville-Grasmere · Southland · Education And Care

C A W Wh B A H L ERO: Not well placed

Roll 67
11

Te Rourou Whakatipuranga O Awarua

Bluff · Southland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh B B H L

Roll 30
12

CAS Early Learning Centre

Waikiwi · Southland · Education And Care

C A W Wh A B C H L ERO: Not well placed

Roll 24
13

Kew Kindergarten

Appleby South (Invercargill City) · Southland · Kindergarten

C W B Wh B B A H L B ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
14

Longford Kindergarten

Gore Main · Southland · Kindergarten

C B W B Wh B B A H L B ERO: Not well placed

Roll 40
15

Stewart Island EC Education Centre

Half Moon Bay · Southland · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B B A H L B

Roll 20
16

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Rākau Kowhai o Ngā Tamariki

Prestonville-Grasmere · Southland · Kohanga Reo

C A W Wh B H B L C

Roll 30
17

Ohai Playcentre

Ōhai-Nightcaps · Southland · Playcentre

C B W Wh B B B H B L B

Roll 25
18

Active Explorers Invercargill

Avenal · Southland · Education And Care

C W B Wh B B B H B L B ERO: Not well placed

Roll 80
19

Blue Duck Early Learning Centre

Glengarry · Southland · Education And Care

C W Wh B B H B L

Roll 68
20

The Cottage Kindergarten

Invercargill Central · Southland · Kindergarten

C B W Wh B B H B L B ERO: Not well placed

Roll 33
21

Otautau Playcentre

Ōtautau · Southland · Playcentre

C B W Wh B H B L B

Roll 30
22

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Ara Tika

Gore South · Southland · Kohanga Reo

C W Wh B H B L

Roll 25
23

Riverton Kindergarten

Riverton · Southland · Kindergarten

C B W B Wh B B B H B L B ERO: Not well placed

Roll 20
24

Windsor Montessori Preschool

Windsor · Southland · Education And Care

C W Wh B B H L B

Roll 20
25

Te Kōhanga Reo o Murihiku

Heidelberg · Southland · Kohanga Reo

C B W Wh B A H L C

Roll 16
26

Surrey Park Early Learning Centre

Glengarry · Southland · Education And Care

C B W Wh B H L

Roll 150
27

Just Four Kids Ltd

Avenal · Southland · Home Based

C B W B Wh B B H B L B ERO: Not well placed

Roll 100
28

Montessori Invercargill

Georgetown · Southland · Education And Care

C W B Wh B H L B

Roll 100
29

Blue Duck Childcare (Waihopai) Limited

Avenal · Southland · Education And Care

Roll 90
30

Wee Nippers Early Childhood Centre

Appleby North (Invercargill City) · Southland · Education And Care

C W Wh B C H B L B

Roll 90

Showing top 30 of 83 eligible centres in Southland. Per-centre pages link to the source ERO review with full attribution.

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