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Largest centres by current roll — Wellington 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.

403 centres eligible in Wellington. Source: Education Review Office, licensed CC-BY 4.0.

1

The Park Early Learning Centre

Newtown · Wellington · Education And Care

C W Wh B B C H L

Roll 150
2

Kindercare Learning Centres Whakatiki

Upper Hutt · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 120
3

Wa Ora Montessori Preschool

Naenae · Wellington · Education And Care

C B W Wh B C H C L C

Roll 120
4

BestStart Waitangirua

Waitangirua · Wellington · Education And Care

C W B Wh B H B L B

Roll 110
5

Kindercare Learning Centres - Paraparaumu

Paraparaumu Central · Wellington · Education And Care

C B W Wh B C H B L B

Roll 110
6

Kindercare Learning Centres (Aotea)

Ascot Park · Wellington · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B H L C

Roll 110
7

Lollipops Petone

Petone · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 110
8

Curious Minds Early Learning Island Bay

Island Bay · Wellington · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B C H L B

Roll 106
9

BestStart Cornwall Street

Lower Hutt Central · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 100
10

BestStart Kaiwharawhara

Kaiwharawhara · Wellington · Education And Care

C B W Wh B B H B L

Roll 100
11

Kindercare Learning Centre Karori

Karori · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 100
12

Kindercare Learning Centres (308) Johnsonville

Johnsonville · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 100
13

Kindercare Learning Centres Ltd (Kilbirnie)

Rongotai · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 100
14

Kindercare Learning Centres Tawa

Tawa · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 100
15

Little Farm Pre- School and Nursery

Paraparaumu North · Wellington · Education And Care

C B W Wh C B C H B L

Roll 100
16

Co Kids Thorndon

Thorndon · Wellington · Education And Care

C W Wh B C H L C

Roll 99
17

Educare Adventure

Whitby · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 99
18

Active Explorers Upper Hutt

Upper Hutt CBD · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 98
19

Beststart Melling

Lower Hutt Central · Wellington · Education And Care

C W B Wh B H B L B

Roll 98
20

BestStart Petone

Petone · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 97
21

Active Explorers Grenada

Grenada Village · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 95
22

Sand Dunes Quality Early learning Centre

Plimmerton · Wellington · Education And Care

C W B Wh C B H L

Roll 95
23

Tiny Voices Wellington

Wellington Central · Wellington · Education And Care

C B W Wh B H B L B

Roll 95
24

Lollipops Paraparaumu

Raumati Beach East · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 94
25

Chelsea House

Raumati Beach East · Wellington · Education And Care

C B W Wh B H D L D

Roll 90
26

Manawa Children's Village

Wallaceville · Wellington · Education And Care

Roll 90
27

BestStart Taita

Taita · Wellington · Education And Care

C B W B Wh B H B L B

Roll 87
28

Educare Porirua LTD

Elsdon · Wellington · Education And Care

Roll 87
29

Educare Tawa

Tawa · Wellington · Education And Care

C W Wh B H B L B

Roll 86
30

BestStart Tawa

Tawa · Wellington · Education And Care

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

Roll 85

Showing top 30 of 403 eligible centres in Wellington. Per-centre pages link to the source ERO review with full attribution.

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