Goodstart Early Learning Merrylands
9 Richardson Street, Merrylands NSW 2160
Goodstart Early Learning Merrylands is a long day care centre in Merrylands NSW 2160, run by Goodstart Early Learning Ltd. It is approved for 43 children. It opens 7:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed November 2025. It is one of 37 services in Merrylands; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 43
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 04/04/2008
- Last assessed
- November 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 9 Richardson Street, Merrylands NSW 2160
- 02 9687 0149
- 02 9552 6945
- goodstart.org.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Goodstart Early Learning Merrylands sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in New South Wales averaged $14.85 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 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentApr 2024 | PreviousMay 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 Merrylands
- Advanced Early Learning 52 places Long day care
- Advanced Early Learning 64 places Long day care
- Advanced Early Learning- Merrylands Rd 80 places Long day care
- Alif Family Day Care Places not listed Family day care
- Alpha Family Daycare Places not listed Family day care
- Ambrose School Age Care, St Margaret Mary's Merrylands 149 places Outside school hours 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 Merrylands
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 32,472
- Median age
- 33
- Household income /wk
- $1,470
- Median rent /wk
- $400
- Avg household size
- 3