Beststart Melling, Lower Hutt Central (Lower Hutt)

Service type

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

20 Hours ECE

Beststart Melling 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 Melling 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 Melling 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 101 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

• Address2 Connolly Street, Lower Hutt Central, Lower Hutt
• Phone+64 4 566 5429
• Emailmelling@best-start.org
• ContactLucie Hyett

Nearby ECE services

• Kindercare Learning Centres - Lower Hutt Education & Care Services · 59 m
• Raphael House Kindergarten Education & Care Services · 938 m
• Childhood Concepts Birch Street Education & Care Services · 1.2 km
• Wellington Early Intervention Centre Education & Care Services · 1.3 km
• Lower Hutt City Childcare Centre Education & Care Services · 1.7 km