Penguin Childcare Caroline Springs
Cnr Gourlay Road & Lancefield Drive, Caroline Springs VIC 3023
Penguin Childcare Caroline Springs is a long day care centre in Caroline Springs VIC 3023, run by G8 Education Limited. It is approved for 98 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed December 2025. It is one of 16 services in Caroline Springs; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 98
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- December 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Cnr Gourlay Road & Lancefield Drive, Caroline Springs VIC 3023
- 03 9449 4999
- g8education.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
Penguin Childcare Caroline Springs 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 (Jan 2026)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJan 2026 | PreviousMay 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Working Towards |
| Overall | Meeting | Working Towards |
Nearby in Caroline Springs
- Big Childcare - Creekside 150 places Outside school hours care
- Brookside Early Learning Centre 63 places Long day care
- Brookside Preschool 33 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Camp Australia - Southern Cross Grammar OSHC 60 places Outside school hours care
- Caroline Springs Childcare and Kindergarten 124 places Long day care
- Caroline Springs Montessori 120 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 Caroline Springs
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 24,488
- Median age
- 35
- Household income /wk
- $2,134
- Median rent /wk
- $400
- Avg household size
- 3.1