Goodstart Early Learning Penfield
201 Argent Road, Penfield SA 5121
Goodstart Early Learning Penfield is a long day care centre in Penfield SA 5121, run by Goodstart Early Learning Ltd. It is approved for 85 children. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed June 2025.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 85
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- June 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 201 Argent Road, Penfield SA 5121
- 08 8284 7144
- goodstart.org.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30-18:30
- Tuesday
- 6:30-18:30
- Wednesday
- 6:30-18:30
- Thursday
- 6:30-18:30
- Friday
- 6:30-18:30
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Goodstart Early Learning Penfield sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in South Australia averaged $14.10 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 (Jul 2025)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJul 2025 | PreviousMar 2016 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| Overall | Working Towards | Exceeding |
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 Penfield
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 422
- Median age
- 70
- Household income /wk
- $653
- Median rent /wk
- $180
- Avg household size
- 1.8