Smart Start Early Learning and Development Centre
18-24 Grange Rd, Alphington VIC 3078
Smart Start Early Learning and Development Centre is a long day care centre in Alphington VIC 3078, run by Grange Road Childcare Nominees Pty Ltd ATF Grange Road Childcare Trust trading as Smart Start Early Learning and Development Centre. It is approved for 120 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed September 2026. It is one of 8 services in Alphington; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 120
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- September 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 18-24 Grange Rd, Alphington VIC 3078
- 03 9497 2078
- 03 9499 8608
- smartstartchildcare.com.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
Smart Start Early Learning and Development 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 (Oct 2026)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentOct 2026 | PreviousNov 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Exceeding |
Nearby in Alphington
- Alphington Early Learning Centre 45 places Long day care
- Alphington Grammar Preschool 40 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Alphington Grammar School OSHClub 29 places Outside school hours care
- Alphington PS TheirCare 63 places Outside school hours care
- Gum Nut Preschool & Child Care 96 places Long day care
- St Anthony's School OSHC Alphington 45 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 Alphington
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 5,702
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $2,429
- Median rent /wk
- $451
- Avg household size
- 2.4