Ray Street Children's Centre
54 Ray Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Ray Street Children's Centre is a long day care centre in Castlemaine VIC 3450, run by G8 Education Limited. It is approved for 70 children. It opens 6:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed July 2026. It is one of 8 services in Castlemaine; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 70
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- July 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 54 Ray Street, Castlemaine VIC 3450
- 03 5470 6080
- g8education.edu.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 6:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 6:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 6:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 6:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Ray Street Children's 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 (May 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMay 2025 | PreviousMar 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Castlemaine
- Busy Bees at Castlemaine 80 places Long day care
- Castlemaine Child Care Centre 68 places Long day care
- Castlemaine Kindergarten 58 places Preschool / kindergarten
- OSHC Adventures Castlemaine South 46 places Outside school hours care
- Mount Alexander FDC Places not listed Family day care
- South Castlemaine Kindergarten 62 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 Castlemaine
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,506
- Median age
- 52
- Household income /wk
- $1,106
- Median rent /wk
- $300
- Avg household size
- 2