Highgate Early Learning Centre
3 Highgate Grove, Ashburton VIC 3147
Highgate Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Ashburton VIC 3147, run by Highgate Early Learning Centre Inc. It is approved for 55 children. It opens 7:15am to 6:15pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed March 2026. It is one of 12 services in Ashburton; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 55
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- March 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 3 Highgate Grove, Ashburton VIC 3147
- 03 9885 3098
- highgatecentre.org.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:15am to 6:15pm
- Tuesday
- 7:15am to 6:15pm
- Wednesday
- 7:15am to 6:15pm
- Thursday
- 7:15am to 6:15pm
- Friday
- 7:15am to 6:15pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Highgate 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 (Jun 2026)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJun 2026 | PreviousJul 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Exceeding |
| Overall | Meeting | Exceeding |
Nearby in Ashburton
- Clever Kids Childcare - Ashburton 45 places Long day care
- Craig Family Centre Inc. 74 places Long day care
- Estrella Preschool 26 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Estrella Preschool 30 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Nino Early Learning Adventures - Ashburton 134 places Long day care
- Paisley Park Early Learning Centre Ashburton 70 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 Ashburton
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,952
- Median age
- 41
- Household income /wk
- $2,743
- Median rent /wk
- $455
- Avg household size
- 2.8