Lightning Reef YMCA Early Learning Centre
74-88 Holmes Rd, North Bendigo VIC 3550
Lightning Reef YMCA Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in North Bendigo VIC 3550, run by Victorian YMCA Community Programming Pty Ltd. It is approved for 115 children. It opens 6:30am to 5:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed June 2026. It is one of 4 services in North Bendigo; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 115
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 28/12/2012
- Last assessed
- June 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
- Preschool / kindergarten
Contact & location
- 74-88 Holmes Rd, North Bendigo VIC 3550
- 03 5444 6666
- victoria.ymca.org.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 5:30pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 5:30pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 5:30pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 5:30pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 5:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Lightning Reef YMCA 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 (Aug 2026)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentAug 2026 | PreviousApr 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in North Bendigo
- Bendigo and District Aboriginal Cooperative Kindergarten 99 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Kalianna OSHC 75 places Outside school hours care
- YMCA Lightning Reef Primary School OSHC 86 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 North Bendigo
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 4,277
- Median age
- 37
- Household income /wk
- $1,281
- Median rent /wk
- $285
- Avg household size
- 2.2