My daughter loves this kindy and all the teachers. Miss Susan, Miss Sukh, Miss Jamie are absolutely fantastic teachers and are always gentle, kind and considerate with my daughter. The centre has always been clean and presentable. The staff are lovely and welcoming. Updates and pictures of my daughter are constant and daily. We get reports on her development all the time! Staff call informing of us of incidents ASAP and incidents occur rarely at this centre, if at all. My daughter rarely gets sick, the classrooms are not at max capacity or over full and the professionalism of the whole centre is top tier. We have been there for 2/3 years now and wouldn’t put her anywhere else.

My children have been attending this centre for coming up to 4 years, and I am about to enrol my baby here also. The staff are always catering to my sometimes difficult children and my children are always so excited to get to kindy. The staff and management have always had my children's best interest at heart, and have always gone above and beyond to care and nurture my children. My kids are always coming home with stories of what they did during the day and how much fun they had. Would recommend this centre to anybody. It is amazing and I will send my children here always! Staff and centre is unmatched.

My baby loves her daycare and her teachers, with any level of schooling there will always be difficult times for a child but the team members at good start have always done what they can to accommodate. They are great with the kids and my baby loves going here. It's her last year and I know she will miss her class mates and teachers x

My boy has been attending GoodStart for 8 months now. The centre has been wonderful. All staffs are very nice and friendly, especially the director, if wasn’t for her, my son wouldn’t be joining this great place! I’d like to thank them for doing such a great job here, just as they said, “they are here for children, not for profit.””

Parents beware. After 2 years at this centre (after leaving Good Start Julie street for similar reasons) and a change in management, the last 6months+ has been a downhill slide for the Centre unfortunately. Poor management, lack of consistency across the two centres (kids in long day care aren't with the same educators all day), high staff turnover, Manager lacks people skills, empathy and a good understanding of children with additional needs such as ASD/ADHD. She is also very defensive in her responses to parents and will often give excuses like "we are under staffed" or "I have so much admin to do". To be more specific, the director threatened my 5yo son during an episode/meltdown by saying "how about I get my phone and video record you to show mum and dad how you are carrying on". This is never acceptable especially with a child who is already unable to regulate his emotions and embarrassment is one of his triggers. On another occasion the director said to me "I have so many performance reviews to do on my staff, its funny how many of them think they are amazing and they aren't at all"! A manager who speaks about their staff like that behind their backs lacks integrity and this will 100% flow down to the educators and children. Toilet training was horrible, due to inconsistency and staffing across the two centres during different times of the day, half the time educators were unable to tell me which children were in nappies and which were in undies. Picked my youngest son up (3yo) on multiple occasions completely soaked in his own urine, in the cold outside and no one could tell me when he last went to the toilet. Management don't like constructive feedback, they don't take on board parents views and feelings. They are an "all inclusive centre" so even if your child is being repeatedly attacked and bitten by another child they will say "there is nothing we can do about it, all children are welcome here". My two sons also now know every swear word under the sun now due to the amount of foul language that comes out children's mouths there and again, they say there's nothing we can do about it. The place needs cameras asap, its always the child's word against the educator and the educator always wins. The director called my son a liar directly to his face while I was holding him, who does that? There are some good educators in the centre 100% however when management lacks, the whole place falls apart. A few of the top educators have left this year. Would not recommend to anyone, especially those with children with additional needs.

My grandson has been enrolled here since he was 3 months old and he is always happy to come into the Centre. The educators follow his routine and are kind, caring and compassionate about the children. They have his best interests at heart.

excellent childcare centre. Such a loving and nurturing bunch of educators led by an equally loving and nurturing Director, highly recommend.

My son loves it here and always looks forward to seeing the educators as they are so caring and always making sure the kids are safe, secured and supported

I would love to provide a 5 star negative review for so many reasons. Be careful where you place your child. There is no limit to what some will do to protect their own ability to earn a pay packet.

When we first entered the centre, it was so welcoming and warm. Cathy (director) took us to the room, introduced us to the educators, was more than helpful and understanding. All the educators are so friendly. They really become a part of your family as they have with ours over the past 2 years. My son is in the Kindergarten Samoan program (we are of Maori heritage) and he absolutely loves it. The centre is so diverse and have so many fun days set out during the year. We will be sad to go, but luckily they have holiday programs so we will stick around for a few more years to come! Hewey and Te Pea