Gum Nut Preschool & Child Care
1 Como Street, Alphington VIC 3078
Gum Nut Preschool & Child Care is a long day care centre in Alphington VIC 3078, run by Dimax Pty Ltd. It is approved for 96 children. It opens 7:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2025. It is one of 8 services in Alphington; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 96
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- October 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 1 Como Street, Alphington VIC 3078
- 03 9499 4410
- 03 9440 9531
- gumnutpreschool.com.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
Gum Nut Preschool & Child Care 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 (May 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMay 2024 | PreviousSep 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Alphington
- Alphington Early Learning Centre 45 places Long day care
- Alphington Grammar Preschool 40 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Alphington Grammar School OSHClub 29 places Outside school hours care
- Alphington PS TheirCare 63 places Outside school hours care
- Smart Start Early Learning and Development Centre 120 places Long day care
- St Anthony's School OSHC Alphington 45 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 Alphington
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 5,702
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $2,429
- Median rent /wk
- $451
- Avg household size
- 2.4