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Largest centres by current roll — Waikato top-30

The largest licensed ECE centres in New Zealand by current roll (latest MoE Directory reporting year). Roll alone doesn't measure quality — pair with the ERO grades shown here.

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

1

Campus Creche Trust

Hamilton Central · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B B H L B

Roll 143
2

Impressions Childcare Centre

Pirongia · Waikato · Education And Care

C W B Wh B H L

Roll 143
3

Busy Bees Cambridge

Cambridge North · Waikato · Education And Care

C W Wh B H L B

Roll 133
4

Sunshine Childcare Preschool

Te Rapa · Waikato · Education And Care

C C W C Wh C B H C L C

Roll 126
5

Rainbow Kids Childcare

Hamilton Central · Waikato · Education And Care

C C W Wh B H L

Roll 124
6

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
7

Educare Pokeno

Pōkeno North · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W Wh B H B L B

Roll 120
8

Future Kids Preschool Te Rapa

Te Rapa · Waikato · Education And Care

C C W Wh B C H L

Roll 120
9

Kindercare Learning Centres - Flagstaff

Flagstaff-Hamilton · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B H B L B

Roll 120
10

Old MacDonalds Childcare Morrinsville

Morrinsville West · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B C H L B

Roll 120
11

Rotokauri Early Education Centre

Pukete West · Waikato · Education And Care

C W Wh B H L B

Roll 120
12

Tuakau Learning Centre

Tuakau North · Waikato · Education And Care

C W Wh B C H L

Roll 118
13

Busy Bees Hamilton East

Hamilton East · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B H C L

Roll 110
14

Early Years - Rotokauri LTD

Te Rapa South · Waikato · Education And Care

C W B Wh B B H B L B

Roll 110
15

Li'l Pumpkins Early Learning Tamahere

Tamahere West · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W Wh B H B L

Roll 110
16

Fountain City Montessori Tawa Street

Melville · Waikato · Education And Care

C W Wh B B H B L

Roll 107
17

Busy Bees Te Rapa

Te Rapa · Waikato · Education And Care

C W Wh B H B L B

Roll 105
18

Educare Tamahere

Tamahere West · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B C H B L B

Roll 101
19

Active Explorers Melville

Melville · Waikato · Education And Care

C W B Wh B H B L

Roll 100
20

BestStart Huntington

Rototuna North · Waikato · Education And Care

C W Wh B B H B L B

Roll 100
21

BestStart Maui Street

Pukete · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 100
22

BestStart Sir Tristram Avenue

Te Rapa · Waikato · Education And Care

Roll 100
23

Bunnies Childcare and Preschool

Oaklands-St Kilda · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B H L C

Roll 100
24

Go Bananas Childcare

Frankton · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B C H L B

Roll 100
25

Go Bananas Childcare Horotiu

Horotiu · Waikato · Education And Care

C C W B Wh B C H B L

Roll 100
26

Kindercare Learning Centres - Frankton

Frankton · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 100
27

Kindercare Learning Centres - Rototuna

Rototuna · Waikato · Education And Care

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

Roll 100
28

Learning Links Borman Road

Rototuna · Waikato · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B B H B L B

Roll 100
29

Nurtured at Home - Wellington 4

Chartwell · Waikato · Home Based

Roll 100
30

Nurtured at Home - Wellington 5

Chartwell · Waikato · Home Based

Roll 100

Showing top 30 of 478 eligible centres in Waikato. Per-centre pages link to the source ERO review with full attribution.

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Other rankings in Waikato

Best-rated by ERO Best for under-2s Best kindergartens Best kōhanga reo Best home-based networks Best playcentres Best 20 Hours ECE centres Best for te ao Māori + bicultural practice Best curriculum (ERO) Best for child wellbeing (ERO) Best leadership (ERO)