Apple Blossoms Early Learning South Melbourne
219 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne VIC 3205
Apple Blossoms Early Learning South Melbourne is a long day care centre in South Melbourne VIC 3205, run by VIC CHILDCARE PTY LTD ATF The Vic Childcare Trust. It is approved for 52 children. It opens 7:15am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed March 2025. It is one of 7 services in South Melbourne; 5 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 52
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- March 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 219 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne VIC 3205
- 03 9699 5210
- appleblossoms.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:15am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:15am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:15am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:15am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 7:15am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Apple Blossoms Early Learning South Melbourne sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Victoria averaged $14.65 an hour in the June quarter 2026, before the Child Care Subsidy. Services report their current fees and vacancies on StartingBlocks.gov.au, or you can call and ask.
Rating history
- Previous
- Current (Apr 2025)
This service improved from Meeting to Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentApr 2025 | PreviousMar 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Exceeding | Meeting |
Nearby in South Melbourne
- Clarendon Children's Centre Co-op 40 places Long day care
- Coventry Children's Centre 60 places Long day care
- Galilee Regional CPS TheirCare 70 places Outside school hours care
- Guardian Childcare & Education South Melbourne 104 places Long day care
- Lilian Cannam Kindergarten 67 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Only About Children South Melbourne 90 places Long day care
Service details, ratings and hours: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Average fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026. Locations are suburb centres. Confirm fees, hours and vacancies with the service. About this data.
About South Melbourne
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 11,548
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $2,101
- Median rent /wk
- $421
- Avg household size
- 1.9