BestStart Montessori Johnsonville, Wellington

Service type

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

20 Hours ECE

BestStart Montessori Johnsonville 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 Montessori Johnsonville 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 Montessori Johnsonville 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 36 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

• Address23a Elliot Street, Johnsonville, Wellington
• Phone+64 4 478 6071
• Emailmont.johnsonville@best-start.org
• ContactLucie Hyett

Nearby ECE services

• Waitohi Kindergarten Kindergartens · 1.1 km
• Early Impressions Childcare Education & Care Services · 1.1 km
• Onslow Kindergarten Kindergartens · 1.6 km
• Newlands Childcare Incorporated Education & Care Services · 2.1 km
• Aurea Preschool and Nursery Newlands Education & Care Services · 2.2 km