Country Way Early Learning
274-284 Twelfth Street, Mildura VIC 3500
Country Way Early Learning is a long day care centre in Mildura VIC 3500, run by The Trustee for Country Way Early Learning. It is approved for 155 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2026. It is one of 22 services in Mildura; 4 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 155
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 21/04/2017
- Last assessed
- May 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 274-284 Twelfth Street, Mildura VIC 3500
- 03 5023 8492
- earlylearning.vic.gov.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Sunday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
Fees and vacancies
Country Way Early Learning 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 (Sep 2023)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentSep 2023 | PreviousMay 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Working Towards |
| Overall | Meeting | Working Towards |
Nearby in Mildura
- Bright Steps Academy 148 places Long day care
- Camp Australia - Sacred Heart Primary School, Mildura OSHC 35 places Outside school hours care
- Camp Australia - Trinity Lutheran College - Mildura OSHC 45 places Outside school hours care
- De Garis Preschool 57 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Goodstart Early Learning Mildura - Eleventh Street 126 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning Mildura - Matthew Flinders Drive 155 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 Mildura
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 34,565
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $1,295
- Median rent /wk
- $280
- Avg household size
- 2.4