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Best by SchoolsNearMe composite (v1) — Taranaki 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.

107 centres eligible in Taranaki. Source: Education Review Office, licensed CC-BY 4.0.

1

Te Kōpae Piripono

Bell Block · Taranaki · Education And Care

C A W A Wh A B A H A L A

Roll 55
2

Inglewood Community Childcare Centre Inc

Inglewood · Taranaki · Education And Care

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

Roll 67
3

Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngā Pekanga

Waitara East · Taranaki · Kohanga Reo

C A W A Wh A B A H B L B

Roll 50
4

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Hunga Ririki

Manutahi-Waitōtora · Taranaki · Kohanga Reo

C A W A Wh A B A H B L B

Roll 20
5

Opunake Communities Kindergarten Incorporated

Ōpunake · Taranaki · Education And Care

C W A Wh A B A H L A

Roll 65
6

Te Kōhanga Reo o Whakaahurangi

Stratford Central · Taranaki · Kohanga Reo

C A W A Wh A B B H L B

Roll 40
7

Fitzroy Kindergarten

Fitzroy · Taranaki · Kindergarten

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

Roll 34
8

Kahikatea Kindergarten Hurdon

Hurdon · Taranaki · Kindergarten

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

Roll 44
9

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Kōpae Tamariki Kia Ū Te Reo

Spotswood · Taranaki · Kohanga Reo

C A W Wh A B H L B

Roll 30
10

The Redwoods Country Kindergarten

Hurdon · Taranaki · Education And Care

C W Wh B A H L A

Roll 24
11

ABC Educare

Moturoa · Taranaki · Education And Care

C W A Wh A B H L

Roll 80
12

BestStart Lemon Street

Strandon · Taranaki · Education And Care

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

Roll 70
13

Piccolo Preschool

Merrilands · Taranaki · Education And Care

C W Wh A B B H B L B

Roll 32
14

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kautu Ki Te Rangi

Tawhiti · Taranaki · Kohanga Reo

C A W Wh B B H L

Roll 41
15

Brooklands Kindergarten

Lower Vogeltown · Taranaki · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
16

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kaikaapo

Pātea · Taranaki · Kohanga Reo

C A W Wh B H B L

Roll 30
17

Te Kōhanga Reo o Manaia

Manaia · Taranaki · Kohanga Reo

C B W Wh B A H B L

Roll 30
18

Te Kōhanga Reo o Waiwhakaiho

Fitzroy · Taranaki · Kohanga Reo

C B W Wh B A H B L

Roll 30
19

Kiwi Clubhouse Learning Centre

Hāwera Central · Taranaki · Education And Care

C W Wh B A H L

Roll 50
20

Stepping Stones Early Childhood Education

Kaitake · Taranaki · Education And Care

C W A Wh B B H L

Roll 49
21

Pātea Kindergarten

Pātea · Taranaki · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
22

Rahotu Playcentre

Parihaka · Taranaki · Playcentre

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

Roll 30
23

Te Puawaitanga o Ngati Ruanui ECE

King Edward Park · Taranaki · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B B H B L B

Roll 40
24

Butterfly Preschool

Fitzroy · Taranaki · Education And Care

C A W Wh B C H L

Roll 38
25

Jumpstart Nursery

Westown · Taranaki · Education And Care

C W Wh B B H B L B

Roll 36
26

Bell Block Pohutakawa Kindergarten

Bell Block · Taranaki · Kindergarten

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

Roll 31
27

Lollipops Aubrey Street

New Plymouth Central · Taranaki · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B B H B L B

Roll 100
28

All About Children - Barrett Road

Whalers Gate · Taranaki · Education And Care

C B W Wh B H B L B

Roll 83
29

Nurtured At Home - Taranaki 3

Strandon · Taranaki · Home Based

C W Wh B B B H L B

Roll 80
30

BestStart Vivian Street

Kawaroa · Taranaki · Education And Care

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

Roll 50

Showing top 30 of 107 eligible centres in Taranaki. Per-centre pages link to the source ERO review with full attribution.

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