Goodstart Early Learning Waurn Ponds
Corner Baxter Drive and Nicol Drive South, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds VIC 3216
Goodstart Early Learning Waurn Ponds is a long day care centre in Waurn Ponds VIC 3216, run by Goodstart Early Learning Ltd. It is approved for 122 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed March 2026. It is one of 3 services in Waurn Ponds; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 122
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 20/02/2015
- Last assessed
- March 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Corner Baxter Drive and Nicol Drive South, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds VIC 3216
- 03 5243 9392
- 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 Waurn Ponds 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 (Mar 2026)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMar 2026 | PreviousMar 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Waurn Ponds
- Jenny's ELC Waurn Ponds 156 places Long day care
- Waurn Ponds Twinklekids Early Learning Centre 120 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 Waurn Ponds
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 4,956
- Median age
- 27
- Household income /wk
- $2,286
- Median rent /wk
- $430
- Avg household size
- 3