Goodstart Early Learning Melbourne - Flinders Street
276 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Goodstart Early Learning Melbourne - Flinders Street is a long day care centre in Melbourne VIC 3000, run by Goodstart Early Learning Ltd. It is approved for 85 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2025. It is one of 10 services in Melbourne; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 85
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 02/05/2014
- Last assessed
- October 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 276 Flinders St, Melbourne VIC 3000
- 03 9671 3539
- 07 3906 3266
- goodstart.org.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
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Goodstart Early Learning Melbourne - Flinders Street 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 (Dec 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentDec 2025 | PreviousSep 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Melbourne
- Alfred Child Care Centre 60 places Long day care
- Aurora Early Education QV 84 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning Melbourne 88 places Long day care
- Guardian Childcare & Education Collins Street 104 places Long day care
- Kids Club Collins Street Early Learning Centre 138 places Long day care
- Kids on Collins 178 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 Melbourne
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 54,941
- Median age
- 29
- Household income /wk
- $1,448
- Median rent /wk
- $381
- Avg household size
- 1.7