Buckets Early Learning Centre
746 Centre Road, Bentleigh East VIC 3165
Buckets Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Bentleigh East VIC 3165, run by Delsouth Bentleigh Pty Ltd ATF Delsouth Bentleigh Unit Trust. It is approved for 128 children. It opens 7:00am to 7:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2025. It is one of 19 services in Bentleigh East; 9 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 128
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 29/01/2013
- Last assessed
- October 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 746 Centre Road, Bentleigh East VIC 3165
- 03 9579 2233
- 03 9579 2244
- bucketselc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 7:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 7:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 7:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 7:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 7:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Buckets Early Learning Centre 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 (May 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMay 2025 | PreviousMay 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Bentleigh East
- Beis Menachem Community Centre Inc 22 places Long day care
- East Bentleigh Child Care Centre 37 places Long day care
- East Bentleigh PS TheirCare 60 places Outside school hours care
- Excellent Education & Care ELC 33 places Long day care
- Glen Education Bentleigh East Kindergarten 33 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Glen Education Brady Road Kindergarten 32 places Preschool / kindergarten
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 Bentleigh East
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 30,159
- Median age
- 40
- Household income /wk
- $2,215
- Median rent /wk
- $500
- Avg household size
- 2.7