BestStart is for families who want more from early-childhood education. Safe, nurturing and educationally focused, we’re committed to growing caring people with curious minds. Our vision is to work in partnership with families, whanau and communities to enable children to achieve their learning potential. We are committed to being a progressive and responsive leader in early-childhood education. We do this by enhancing our services, investing in our people, developing our support structure and continuously improving the educational outcomes and experiences of our children, families and the communities we serve. We have over 260 early learning and care centres, from Whangarei to Invercargill. We offer friendly, qualified early-learning teachers, quality educational programmes and safe and secure learning spaces. Just like each of us, our 260 centres across Aotearoa New Zealand are unique. They are part of their own communities with their own people, places, history and culture. We encourage our centres to build their unique identities. We want all whānau to feel confident in and connected to their BestStart centre and we work with whānau to understand what matters most to them.