BestStart Pipiwai Road
About BestStart Pipiwai Road
About Education & Care Service
Education & Care Services are mainstream early learning centres that offer full-day or part-day care with a structured curriculum, qualified teachers, and a focus on learning through play. They cater to families needing flexible childcare options and wanting a balanced approach that supports social, physical, and early academic development in a diverse environment.
What Is 20 Hours ECE funding?
20 Hours ECE is a government-funded initiative that helps reduce the cost of early childhood education for families with tamariki aged 3–5. Eligible children can receive up to 20 hours of funded care and education each week at participating services. Centres can set their own enrolment patterns and may ask for optional charges, but the funded hours themselves should be free of compulsory fees. If you are unsure how this works at BestStart Pipiwai Road, it is best to ask the centre directly how they apply 20 Hours ECE.
Community Profile
Roll & age distribution
BestStart Pipiwai Road currently has a roll of 53 children tamariki , with most children enrolled in the 0–5 years age band.
Ethnicity profile
European tamariki are the largest group (44% of the roll), alongside māori, pacific, asian, other children.
Roll and demographic figures are based on data supplied by the Ministry of Education and were last updated on 01/07/2024.
Parent Reviews
“All the teachers at Beststart Pipiwai are absolutely amazing. I love how inclusive it is with culture, disabilities and whanau involvement. My son is thriving there, sometimes he doesnt even want to come home with me!”
“Highly recommend. My daughter is doing amazing in the under twos. She’s got a strong bond with two kaiako Zara and Elli. I couldn’t have asked for a better team looking after her ☺️”
“We have been with the centre for over 5 years now with our 3 children and we couldn’t recommend it enough! The staff are so fantastic and caring, always thinking of new and exciting ideas to teach the kids. I love the huge outdoor playground and the little orchard/veggie patch which houses the chickens. Such a neat daycare to attend BestStart Pipiwai”
“My son really didn’t like going to his previous day care so we switched him and he loves it here! He now wants to go and he has developed such great friendships and the culture here between the staff, parents and children is great. I could go on and on but I recommend that you seriously consider best start Pipiwai as your children’s daycare.”
“Awesome daycare. Great staff and learning environment. Our son attended this daycare from 1.5 to 5 years old and I couldn't recommend ABC Pipiwai highly enough. We felt part of a small community and they really did a great job in preparing him for school.”
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