Manchester Road Early Learning Centre
Centre Highlights
Secure Drop Off & Pick Up
Meals Prepared by In-House Chef
Transition to School Program
Yoga
Sport Programs
Parent Communication App
Outdoor Playground
Kindergarten Program
Nappies & Wipes Supplied
Educational & Developmental Programs
Local Primary School Connections
Family Collaboration
Local Community Excursions
Incursion Programs & Activities
Diversity Celebrated
About Manchester Road Early Learning Centre
About Manchester Road Early Learning Long Daycare and Kindergarten
Welcome to Manchester Road Early Learning Centre. We're ideally located for families in Mooroolbark, Chirnside Park, Croydon, Kilsyth, Lilydale, Montrose, and Mount Evelyn.
Our Long Daycare and Kindergarten Centre provides early education and care for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
At Manchester Road Early Learning Centre, we provide convenient, full care coverage from 9hr, 10hr or full days, 5 days per week, including school holidays.
Our dedicated team of Teachers and Educators provide a safe, nurturing, and inspiring learning environment - where your child can thrive, and be their wonderful self, every day.
Getting school ready? We offer the 3 and 4-year-old Government-approved Kindergarten program that helps ensure your child has a successful transition to formal schooling.
We offer a great variety of learning experiences at Manchester Road Early Learning Centre including:
- Sustainability Program: Helps children develop and understand the importance of embedding sustainable practices into everyday life. Children learn about recycling, conserving water, growing food and the importance of protecting our planet.
- Community Engagement Program: Encourages children to interact with and discover their local community.
- Sports Program: Allows the children to be active and learn about different sports and movements.
- Music & Movement Program: Designed to develop fundamental skills that help support children’s self-regulation, memory, and concentration. Children learn to appreciate and develop an understanding of music - and of course, have fun.
- Real Life Experiences: Children participate in fun and exciting experiences such as first aid, harvesting the veggie garden, caring for our worm farm and early cooking skills.
Availability & Fees
Nursery - 0 yrs to 2 yrs
Availability
Fees
$174.80 /day
Toddler - 2 yrs to 3 yrs
Availability
Fees
$174.80 /day
Kindergarten - 3 yrs to 6 yrs
Availability
Fees
$174.80 /day
Fees for Manchester Road Early Learning Centre may vary based childcare subsidy eligibility. You may be eligible to a rebate of up to 85% of your childcare fees.
Calculate your subsidy3 yrs to 6 yrs
Availability
Fees
$174.80 /day
Fees for Manchester Road Early Learning Centre may vary based childcare subsidy eligibility. You may be eligible to a rebate of up to 85% of your childcare fees.
Calculate your subsidyReviews for Manchester Road Early Learning Centre
- Ryan Brown11 months ago
Awesome place to send the kids. Em the centre manager and the whole team do an amazing job. Thank you all
Response from the owner11 months agoDear Ryan, thanks for leaving us such a wonderful review. We are thrilled that you loved your experience; our staff will definitely be happy to read what you wrote. We put customer experience and satisfaction as our priority, and your review reaffirms the hard work we put in every day. Kind regards, The Early Learning Services Team.
- Sarah Walker Lavisabout 1 year ago
If you're looking for a centre with a weak management team that doesn't really have your family's back and only cares about money, well this might just be the place for you. There are some amazing educators here who genuinely care and do their best. But unfortunately, they're working under immense pressure due to disengaged educators who aren't being properly managed. It's not an ideal situation. If you're okay with safety issues that take forever to get fixed, then this place might be right up your alley. It took six weeks to rectify a major safety issue that resulted in a 000 call, so you know this place really takes OH&S seriously. If you want a centre that only makes major changes and orders lots of new resources because they want a "meeting NQS" rating from the government, this might be the place for you. Thanks for updating the 2022 signage at the end of 2023, just in time for the assessment. Just a heads up - the October newsletter is still in your lobby and so are your November key dates. It's now January. And if you're looking for a centre that is the most expensive in the area (and raises their fees frequently), but your kids rarely get to experience incursions or excursions, then this might be a centre for you. Perhaps you want a centre where the educators disagree with management's decisions, but have no say in what happens? This is definitely the place for you. Lastly if you want a centre that isn't up to date on child safety basics like choking hazards, choose Manchester Road Early Learning. G8 marketing team, no generic reply about how you're saddened to hear this feedback. It took you a month to come back to my family after an initial complaint and we had to follow you guys up countless times to get any response. A sad reminder that this is just a business with no care for children in their formative years.
- Annie Waterworthover 1 year ago
We have had such a wonderful experience with the centre. The staff are so helpful, supportive and engaging! Thank you for taking such great care of all the kids!
Response from the ownerover 1 year agoDear Annie, thanks for leaving us such a wonderful review. We are thrilled that you loved your experience; our staff will definitely be happy to read what you wrote. We put customer experience and satisfaction as our priority, and your review reaffirms the hard work we put in every day. Kind regards, The Early Learning Services Team.
- Trudi Mitsover 1 year ago
The staff are beautiful with the children and Em the centre manager is awesome!
Response from the ownerover 1 year agoDear Trudi,, thanks for leaving us such a wonderful review. We are thrilled that you loved your experience; our staff will definitely be happy to read what you wrote. We put customer experience and satisfaction as our priority, and your review reaffirms the hard work we put in every day. Kind regards, The Early Learning Services Team.
Location of Manchester Road Early Learning Centre
Mooroolbark suburb information
Mooroolbark is a suburb located in Victoria. There are approximately 30 child care centres in Mooroolbark.
How much is child care in Mooroolbark? On average, the cost of child care in Mooroolbark is $157 per day. This breaks down to $157 per day for babies, $163 per day for toddlers and $158 per day for kindergarten.
Mooroolbark sits just above the national NQS Rating & the average rating of centres is «Meeting NQS».
Number of centres
Child care centres in Mooroolbark
30
Average cost per day
Baby
0-12 Months
$157
Toddler
13-24 Months
$163
Kindergarten
2-3 Years
