Helen Jessen Early Learning Centre
145 Crook Street, Bendigo VIC 3550
Helen Jessen Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Bendigo VIC 3550, run by Greater Bendigo City Council. It is approved for 72 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed June 2026. It is one of 16 services in Bendigo; 6 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 72
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- June 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 145 Crook Street, Bendigo VIC 3550
- 03 5443 5868
- 03 5444 5346
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Helen Jessen Early Learning Centre 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 (Dec 2024)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentDec 2024 | PreviousJan 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Bendigo
- Annie Galvin Early Learning Centre 68 places Long day care
- Bendigo Preschool 29 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Camp Australia - Girton Grammar OSHC 45 places Outside school hours care
- Camp Hill Primary School Out of Hours School Care 55 places Outside school hours care
- Creek Street Christian College Early Learning Centre 48 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Dr Harry Little Preschool 49 places Preschool / kindergarten
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 Bendigo
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 5,652
- Median age
- 43
- Household income /wk
- $1,429
- Median rent /wk
- $290
- Avg household size
- 2.1