BestStart Kaikorai Valley Road, Bradford (Dunedin)

Service type

BestStart Kaikorai Valley Road is an education and care service — the most common ECE type in New Zealand, typically operating all day, year-round.

20 Hours ECE

BestStart Kaikorai Valley Road participates in the 20 Hours ECE scheme, which funds up to 20 hours a week of early childhood education for children aged 3 to 5.

Authority

BestStart Kaikorai Valley Road is community based — typically run by a trust, incorporated society, or other not-for-profit body, rather than operated for private profit.

Equity Index

BestStart Kaikorai Valley Road has an Equity Index rating of "EQI > 5" on the Ministry of Education's 1–4 scale for early childhood services. A lower number means the service draws more of its enrolled children from lower socio-economic communities, making it eligible for additional government funding. This is a different scale to the schools Equity Index (344–569) and the two should never be compared directly.

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Children by age

As at July 2025, based on 91 children on the roll.

Children by ethnicity

Percentages may add up to more than 100%, since a child can be recorded under more than one ethnicity.

Location

Contact details

• Address463 Kaikorai Valley Road, Bradford, Dunedin
• Phone+64 22 011 5773
• Emailkaikorai@best-start.org
• ContactVanessa Reid

Nearby ECE services

• Mornington Playcentre Playcentre · 637 m
• Roslyn Kindergarten (Dunedin) Kindergartens · 1.8 km
• Jade-Star Childcare and Learning Centre Education & Care Services · 1.9 km
• Kaikorai Kindergarten Kindergartens · 2.1 km
• Little Wonders Childcare (Roslyn) Education & Care Services · 2.4 km