BestStart Vardon Road
About BestStart Vardon 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 Vardon Road, it is best to ask the centre directly how they apply 20 Hours ECE.
Community Profile
Roll & age distribution
BestStart Vardon Road currently has a roll of 56 children tamariki , with most children enrolled in the 0–5 years age band.
Ethnicity profile
Māori tamariki are the largest group (29% of the roll), alongside european, 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
“So happy”
“It's a amazing centre amazing caring teachers great communication very family oriented centre my twin girls started in the nursery at 5mnths and are now in preschool side who are now 3 . My girls absolutely love going to kindy each morning they are always excited when they get dropped off”
“I want to give my thanks and appreciation to the teachers at BestStart Vardon for all their support throughout these tough unknown times. They have all gone above and beyond to make Braxton and our families health and well-being a priority, the storypark feature has given us the ability to communicate and keep our family and friends up to date with Braxton’s activities throughout the lockdown period. We are very grateful for their positive attitudes and continued interest in Braxton’s development.”
“The team and management at First Steps Vardon are next level awesome and would highly recommend this centre! Great effort guys and keep up the stella work.”
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