Starfish Early Learning Centre (Nunawading)
28 Mountain View Rd, Nunawading VIC 3131
Starfish Early Learning Centre (Nunawading) is a long day care centre in Nunawading VIC 3131, run by STARFISH CHILDCARE NUNAWADING PTY LTD ATF STARFISH NUNAWADING TRUST. It is approved for 120 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed September 2025. It is one of 9 services in Nunawading; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 120
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 02/05/2014
- Last assessed
- September 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 28 Mountain View Rd, Nunawading VIC 3131
- 03 9894 1688
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Starfish Early Learning Centre (Nunawading) 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 (Nov 2025)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentNov 2025 | PreviousMar 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Nunawading
- Explorers Early Learning - Nunawading 154 places Long day care
- Little Raskals Kindergarten & Child Care Centre 40 places Long day care
- Little Sunshine Early Learning 38 places Long day care
- Mount Pleasant Road OSHClub 75 places Outside school hours care
- Mt Pleasant Kindergarten 44 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Nunawading Christian College Early Learning Centre 130 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 Nunawading
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 12,413
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $1,938
- Median rent /wk
- $391
- Avg household size
- 2.6