Education & Care Service 20 Hours ECE

BestStart Taita

Lower Hutt, Taita
4.2|
Ages
0–5 years
Roll Size
75 children
Subsidies
20 Hours
Rating
4.2/5

About BestStart Taita

BestStart Taita is a education & care service in Taita, Lower Hutt, with children currently enrolled aged 0–5 years. It’s well suited for families needing flexible full-day or part-day childcare with a balanced, mainstream early learning programme. This centre offers 20 Hours ECE funding.

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 Taita, it is best to ask the centre directly how they apply 20 Hours ECE.

Community Profile

Roll & age distribution

BestStart Taita currently has a roll of 75 children tamariki , with most children enrolled in the 0–5 years age band.

Ethnicity profile

European tamariki are the largest group (26% 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

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Tetatana Tiatoa
August 2023

“Very easy to sign up. The staff answer all and every question that I had. I have noticed that there has been a big improvement in my son. He has pick up and learnt a lot of things and brought them home. Which I'm very please about. Staff is super friendly and helpful with his, growing growth. Food is excellent, educational quality it's on par, and the children I've seen, trust completely in the staff's, is very high as I always see them smiling. I've also noticed that the staff takes pirority in the kids safety and privacy very seriously Which is what I was looking for, for my son. I'm just happy and very comfortable with leaving him in their care for the day knowing that he is well look after. My son loves and gets excited when he goes to beststart, he especially loves the staff.”

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Lizz Meteka
October 2022

“The teachers are great here!! Friendly, kind and attentive. Although my child was upset they still gave her that much needed one on one time to help transition her.”

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Kara Schomaker
September 2022

“I love the learning and guidance that Jaxen gets from his teachers, Sarah & Sankari are amazing, they share all and every little bit either at drop off or pick up about how his day is and what amazing things he has done. Having them share this verbally with me means a lot, as I get to celebrate Jaxens success with him in front of his teachers.”

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rupali patel
September 2022

“I have five years old who was attending Best start, Taita from the age of three years recently transited to school as confident boy with all necessary skills required for starting up his new adventure, and two yrs old his attending center from the age of 7 months old from my last three year of experience of best start taita I can say its Excellent fun and friendly environment for all age groups. Teachers are trained, experienced, encouraging and very friendly. Child gets overall personality development. Parents are adequately informed about the child's routine and constantly interact with them to take the child's growth further through story park and regular review meetings; All Teachers go extra mile in caring for the children and support them with everything to bring them to equilibrium. So I would strongly recommend Best starts Taita. Thank You, Best Start, Taita Team!”

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Micaela &Tim Rae
August 2019

“This is a fabulous nursery for our two daughters who are 9 and 20mths old. Staff are caring, kind, generous, well-educated and the centre is clean and well resourced.”

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Contact Details

14 Tocker Street, Taita, Lower Hutt

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