Dorset Early Learning & Kindergarten
214-216 Dorset Rd, Croydon VIC 3136
Dorset Early Learning & Kindergarten is a long day care centre in Croydon VIC 3136, run by FUTURES FOR KIDS PTY LTD. It is approved for 49 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2025. It is one of 28 services in Croydon; 7 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 49
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- October 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 214-216 Dorset Rd, Croydon VIC 3136
- 03 9723 1271
- dorsetccc.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
Dorset Early Learning & Kindergarten 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 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMay 2024 | PreviousFeb 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Croydon
- Ainslie Parklands PS TheirCare 17 places Outside school hours care
- Big Childcare - Dorset PS OSHC 75 places Outside school hours care
- Birches Early Learning Centre Croydon 96 places Long day care
- Brentwood Park Kindergarten 55 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Choklits Croydon 120 places Long day care
- Cire Early Learning - Croydon 66 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.