Guardian Childcare & Education Blackburn West
440 Middleborough Road, Blackburn VIC 3130
Guardian Childcare & Education Blackburn West is a long day care centre in Blackburn VIC 3130, run by Guardian Community Early Learning Centres Pty Ltd. It is approved for 62 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2025. It is one of 16 services in Blackburn; 5 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 62
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- October 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 440 Middleborough Road, Blackburn VIC 3130
- 03 9899 4545
- guardian.edu.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
Guardian Childcare & Education Blackburn West 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 2023)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMar 2023 | PreviousJan 2017 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Blackburn
- Blackburn Children's Services Centre 73 places Long day care
- Blackburn Pre-School 30 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Blackburn PS TheirCare 75 places Outside school hours care
- Doncaster East Daycare & Kindergarten 73 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning Blackburn South 60 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning Blackburn - Springfield Road 102 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 Blackburn
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 14,478
- Median age
- 41
- Household income /wk
- $2,065
- Median rent /wk
- $411
- Avg household size
- 2.5