Smiling Children Early Learning Centre
553 Yan Yean Road, Yarrambat VIC 3091
Smiling Children Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Yarrambat VIC 3091, run by Smiling Children Pty Ltd ATF Smiling Children Unit Trust. 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 November 2025. It is one of 5 services in Yarrambat; 1 of them is 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
- November 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 553 Yan Yean Road, Yarrambat VIC 3091
- 03 9436 1211
- 03 9436 1311
- smilingchildren.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
Smiling Children 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 (Dec 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentDec 2025 | PreviousAug 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Yarrambat
- Hippity Hop Early Learning Yarrambat 80 places Long day care
- Yarrambat OSHClub 90 places Outside school hours care
- Yarrambat / Plenty Preschool 60 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Yarrambat Primary Out of School Hours Care 90 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 Yarrambat
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 1,602
- Median age
- 47
- Household income /wk
- $2,600
- Median rent /wk
- $450
- Avg household size
- 3.1