Generations Early Learning
Chaffey Aged Care, 3-15 Third St, Merbein VIC 3505
Generations Early Learning is a long day care centre in Merbein VIC 3505, run by Rural Care Australia Ltd. It is approved for 72 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed July 2025. It is one of 3 services in Merbein; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 72
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 12/11/2020
- Last assessed
- July 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
- Preschool / kindergarten
Contact & location
- Chaffey Aged Care, 3-15 Third St, Merbein VIC 3505
- 03 5025 3796
- 03 5025 2982
- generationselc.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
Generations 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 (Aug 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentAug 2025 | PreviousNov 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Merbein
- Merbein P-10 College TheirCare 30 places Outside school hours care
- Shine Bright Merbein Kindergarten 64 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 Merbein
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 2,770
- Median age
- 44
- Household income /wk
- $1,147
- Median rent /wk
- $210
- Avg household size
- 2.3