Essex Heights Juniors
102 Huntingdale Road, Mount Waverley VIC 3149
Essex Heights Juniors is a long day care centre in Mount Waverley VIC 3149, run by Essex Heights Juniors Pty Ltd. It is approved for 87 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed June 2026. It is one of 23 services in Mount Waverley; 4 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 87
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- June 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 102 Huntingdale Road, Mount Waverley VIC 3149
- 03 9888 8447
- 03 9888 8449
- essexheightsjuniors.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Essex Heights Juniors 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)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentApr 2025 | PreviousMar 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Exceeding |
| Overall | Meeting | Exceeding |
Nearby in Mount Waverley
- Alpha Omega Early Education 35 places Long day care
- AMIGA Montessori Mt Waverley 102 places Long day care
- Bambini Park Lane ELC 85 places Long day care
- Holy Family OSHC, Mt Waverley 45 places Outside school hours care
- Camp Australia - Mount Waverley Primary School OSHC 99 places Outside school hours care
- Dorrington Kindergarten 66 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 Mount Waverley
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 35,340
- Median age
- 40
- Household income /wk
- $2,066
- Median rent /wk
- $476
- Avg household size
- 2.7