BestStart Petone is an early childhood centre on Nevis Street in Petone, Lower Hutt, in Units 2 and 3 at 22 to 32 Nevis Street. The website calls it an award-winning centre that blends early learning with a focus on wellbeing, diversity and connection. Meals are freshly prepared on site, under a Gold Star Healthy Heart menu. The centre has large, open playgrounds for climbing, running and digging. Visits are booked through the website, where you choose a preferred time, and enrolment enquiries can be made by email.
Customers describe the community as extremely helpful, including the staff who helped one family get on other centres' waitlists when they arrived in New Zealand. Another says their nine-month-old is happy to go every day, and that the teachers are friendly to him. A third says the communication from the first email through to settling visits has kept them well informed. Reviewers mention caring teachers and good communication. Capital City Preschool, 0.4 km away, is rated 5.0 from 37 reviews, and BestStart Leeds Street, 0.5 km away, has no rating on Open Locally.