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Best by SchoolsNearMe composite (v1) — Waikato 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.

481 centres eligible in Waikato. Source: Education Review Office, licensed CC-BY 4.0.

1

BestStart Motutaiko Street

Taupō Central East · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 61
2

Central Kids Kindergartens - Paeroa

Paeroa · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
3

Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Kohao o Te Ngira

Hamilton East · Waikato · Kohanga Reo

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

Roll 35
4

Te Kōhanga Reo o Rāhui Pōkeka

Huntly West · Waikato · Kohanga Reo

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

Roll 30
5

Dinsdale Playcentre

Frankton · Waikato · Playcentre

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

Roll 25
6

BestStart Totara Street

Mountview · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 80
7

Central Kids Kindergartens - Kihikihi

Kihikihi Central · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
8

Central Kids Kindergartens - Thames

Thames Central · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
9

BestStart St Andrews

Te Rapa · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 92
10

The Park Early Education Centre

Hamilton East · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 82
11

Te Kōhanga Reo o Atawhai

Tauhara · Waikato · Kohanga Reo

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

Roll 35
12

Grow Early Education Ltd

Oaklands-St Kilda · Waikato · Education And Care

C A W A Wh B A H L A

Roll 73
13

Grasslands Kindergarten

Hamilton Central · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 44
14

Central Kids Kindergartens - Mercury Bay

Whitianga South · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
15

Li'l Pumpkins Preschool Centre Limited

Hamilton Central · Waikato · Education And Care

C A W A Wh B B A H L A

Roll 31
16

Cumberland Early Education Centre

Flagstaff-Hamilton · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 120
17

My Treehut

Mountview · Waikato · Education And Care

C W A Wh A B A H B L A

Roll 56
18

BestStart Primrose Street

Frankton · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 40
19

Leamington Kindergarten

Leamington · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
20

Te Kowhai Kindergarten

Te Kōwhai · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
21

Te Kōhanga Reo o Kutia

Richmond Downs-Wardville · Waikato · Kohanga Reo

C A W A Wh A B A H L B

Roll 35
22

Deanwell Playcentre

Deanwell · Waikato · Playcentre

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

Roll 30
23

Tuakau Kindergarten

Tuakau South · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 30
24

Kidz @ Wintec

Hamilton Central · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 59
25

BestStart Te Heuheu Street Kindy

Taupō Central West · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 50
26

Central Kids Kindergartens - Morrinsville

Morrinsville West · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
27

Central Kids Kindergartens - Waipāhīhī

Richmond Heights · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 40
28

Peachgrove Playcentre

Hamilton Central · Waikato · Playcentre

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

Roll 30
29

Junior Junction

Hamilton Central · Waikato · Education And Care

C A W A Wh B B H L A

Roll 50
30

Whitiora Kindergarten

Whitiora · Waikato · Kindergarten

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

Roll 45

Showing top 30 of 481 eligible centres in Waikato. Per-centre pages link to the source ERO review with full attribution.

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