Buckets Early Learning Centre
577 Neerim Road, Hughesdale VIC 3166
Buckets Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Hughesdale VIC 3166, run by Delsouth Corporation Pty Ltd ATF Delsouth Unit Trust. It is approved for 97 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2026. It is one of 7 services in Hughesdale; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 97
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- May 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 577 Neerim Road, Hughesdale VIC 3166
- 03 9569 4411
- 03 9569 4422
- bucketselc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- 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 (Aug 2025)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentAug 2025 | PreviousNov 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Hughesdale
- Brine Street Early Learning Centre 67 places Long day care
- Camp Australia - Hughesdale Primary School OSHC 79 places Outside school hours care
- Headstart Early Learning Centre Hughesdale 140 places Long day care
- Hughesdale Kindergarten 29 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Little Larks Family Day Care Places not listed Family day care
- Paisley Park Early Learning Centre Chadstone 120 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 Hughesdale
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,563
- Median age
- 38
- Household income /wk
- $2,057
- Median rent /wk
- $416
- Avg household size
- 2.5