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Best for under-2s — Southland top-24

Education-and-care centres taking under-2s, ranked on ERO health & safety + wellbeing grades — the two dimensions that matter most for the youngest learners.

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

1

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
2

BestStart Rugby Park

Invercargill Central · Southland · Education And Care

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

Roll 75
3

Gore Preschool

Gore Main · Southland · Education And Care

C B W B Wh C B H B L B

Roll 85
4

BestStart Kelvin Street

Gladstone-Invercargill · Southland · Education And Care

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

Roll 75
5

Nurture and Bloom Early Learning Centre - Te Anau

Te Ānau · Southland · Education And Care

C C W B Wh B B C H C L

Roll 65
6

Kew Pacific Island Early Learning Centre

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

C W B Wh B B H C L C

Roll 30
7

Gladstone Pre-School

Gladstone-Invercargill · Southland · Education And Care

C W B Wh B C H C L

Roll 66
8

Te Rourou Whakatipuranga O Awarua

Bluff · Southland · Education And Care

C A W A Wh B B H L

Roll 30
9

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
10

Wee Nippers Early Childhood Centre

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

C W Wh B C H B L B

Roll 90
11

BestStart Elles Road

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

C B W Wh C B C H B L

Roll 75
12

Te Anau Childcare Centre Inc

Te Ānau · Southland · Education And Care

C C W B Wh B B C H L

Roll 45
13

Waikiwi Childcare & Preschool

Prestonville-Grasmere · Southland · Education And Care

C B W Wh B H B L C

Roll 30
14

Waianiwa Kindergarten

Wallacetown · Southland · Education And Care

C W Wh C B C H B L B

Roll 19
15

Queens Park Early Childhood Education

Avenal · Southland · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B H C L

Roll 35
16

Blue Duck Early Learning Centre

Winton · Southland · Education And Care

C W Wh B C H C L C

Roll 65
17

Hope Preschool

Mataura · Southland · Education And Care

C W Wh B B H D L B

Roll 45
18

Aoga Amata Preschool 2020 Limited

Clifton-Invercargill · Southland · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B H D L D

Roll 55
19

CAS Early Learning Centre

Waikiwi · Southland · Education And Care

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

Roll 24
20

Weka Pre-School Ltd

Winton · Southland · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B H L B

Roll 74
21

BestStart Waihopai Kindy

Invercargill Central · Southland · Education And Care

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

Roll 42
22

Funshine Early Learning Centre

Southland · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B H L B

Roll 35
23

S I T Early Childhood Centre

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

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

Roll 74
24

Little Ones Early Learning Centre

Edendale-Woodlands · Southland · Education And Care

C W Wh B B C H L C

Roll 45

Showing top 24 of 24 eligible centres in Southland. Per-centre pages link to the source ERO review with full attribution.

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