Phillip Island Early Learning Centre
161 Settlement Road, Cowes VIC 3922
Phillip Island Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Cowes VIC 3922, run by Cowes Primary School Council. It is approved for 178 children. It opens 7:30am to 5:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed December 2025. It is one of 6 services in Cowes; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 178
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 10/01/2013
- Last assessed
- December 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
- Preschool / kindergarten
Contact & location
- 161 Settlement Road, Cowes VIC 3922
- 03 5952 1747
- 03 5951 2333
- pielc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Friday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Phillip Island 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 (Jul 2023)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJul 2023 | PreviousFeb 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Meeting |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Cowes
- Cowes Children's Centre 70 places Long day care
- Island Kids Early Learning Centre 80 places Long day care
- Elysium OSHC - Our Lady Star of the Sea 30 places Outside school hours care
- Phillip Island Kindergarten 33 places Long day care
- YMCA – Cowes Primary School OSHC 40 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 Cowes
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 6,593
- Median age
- 55
- Household income /wk
- $1,026
- Median rent /wk
- $331
- Avg household size
- 2.1