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3C Kidzcare St Andrews

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Capacity

58 children

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Service Approval Date

04 September 2018

Primary Service Type

Outside of School Hours Care

Registered with ACECQA

Services Offered

Before School Care
School Age
After School Care
School Age
About The Centre
Welcome to 3C Kidzcare St Andrews. Located at 130 Tyner Rd, Wantirna South, VIC 3152, this centre is licensed to provide Centre-Based Care for up to 58 children and received service approval by ACECQA on 04 September 2018. Read More

Ratings

9.0

KindiCare Rating

The Kindicare Rating for this service of 9.0 is above average for the area, with the average rating for the area being 8.5 and the lowest rating for a service in the area at NR

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NQS Rating

This service meets the National Quality Standard and provides quality education and care in all seven quality areas.

Parent Reviews

4.3/ 5
5 Stars (56)
4 Stars (4)
3 Stars (2)
2 Stars (1)
1 Star (11)
Google ReviewSeptember 22, 2024
So this is a review that I didn’t expect I’d ever be writing. It’s uncomfortable… but maybe it’ll be cathartic. I’ll preface this by disclosing that alongside another family member, I personally attended this school for ten years. 1.) Incredibly small school. Some people think it’s a good thing, but I’d honestly argue the reverse - if you don’t fit in with a tiny number of students, good luck—you’ll need it. 2.) Despite the school being majority Asian, there's an incredibly concerning culture of favouring white students - especially when they consider the ‘validity’ of their experience and when assigning student leadership roles. This ‘culture’ has trickled down from parents and teachers to the students. It’s such a wild thing to put into words, but I don’t know how else to describe the uncomfortable ‘cliques’ that year levels were sectioned into… 3.) If your child ever has an issue with another student, pretty much guaranteed that they’ll sweep everything under the rug. The issue is only compounded by the small school size, and if said abusive student is either a teacher’s favourite (I.e. decent-looking white student) and/or has older siblings also attending. So of course, verbal abuse and malicious social exclusion are often ignored. I know of alumni and former students who, to this day, suffer from various forms of mental trauma. Myself being one of them, but I dare say that I was… fairly(?) lucky, as I was fortunate enough to change schools before I had to graduate in that horrific environment. Seriously, if a child confesses to a teacher that another student has been consistently sending death threats and telling them to engage in self-harm, the appropriate response is NOT to defend the abusive student and dismiss the concern entirely without even looking into it! The fact that this wasn’t a one-off and happened to multiple people I know personally - myself included - boggles the mind! I haven’t even gotten to the concerning actions of the former principal & her administration. In essence: This school isn’t worth the private school fees - not when they blatantly, openly favour some students for concerning reasons, and not when their inaction has time and time again led to long-lasting trauma. Given the professional counselling some of us have had to receive, it’s also not worth the future therapy bills. Has writing this review been cathartic? I’m ultimately not sure. NEW edit: if someone ever apologises to you beginning with “I’m sorry you feel that way”, instead of “I’m sorry this has happened to you”, or “I’m sorry we’ve made you feel this way”, it’s not an apology. I became an atheist because of STACC, y'know? They taught me that there is no hate like Christian love. Yes, I was there for Mr Melody’s first day at the school. He was still there when I left. Here's what I'll say: The administration knew. NOBODY was surprised that it was him, only disappointed it took so long. It was too late for his victims - one of which I knew. My genuine recommendation: - Address the systemic racism - Stop brushing aside s3xu@l @ssau1t reports from staff and students! Mellody wasn't even your first one, ffs - DO BETTER! - actually support/believe neurodivergent/disabled children. - Move away from teaching vitriol. I remember how much the former principle loved to spread hate... Wansborough politically campaigned against LGBTQIA+ human rights, ignored allegations of child endangerment and dismissed administrative racism, and pushed her views heavily on children. Nut-job Christians are the only people I've had the displeasure of meeting who talk about gay bedroom 'stuff' more than actual gay people. I'm not even a spiteful low-performer alumnus, don't even start! At risk of revealing too much ID info, I was a top performer that eventually studied my way out by passing admissions into a different select entry school. In spite of everything, I hope STACC has changed. I’m aware of the administration purge that’s happened in recent years. I hope they do better now - lord knows the bar isn't high.
Teachers like Kpop 10/10 would recommend going
Google ReviewAugust 13, 2024
Charge a waitlist fee and then don't even respond to your emails.
Google ReviewMay 16, 2024
Fantastic teachers, helped me achieve an ATAR 95+
Google ReviewMay 07, 2024
mr melody was a nono to my friend :(
The school team are attempting that students are well-behaved at all times. School is educational.The office team are very helpful.I can remember how much they were helpful to my daughter and my son when they started at this school . My daughter accessed to medicine In Monash just after 2 years of studying in school. Also ,my son in grade 4is so happy to going ahead with his studies and his friends and his teachers.
I went here for the whole of primary and I experienced many awful teachers. They were all caucasian and they would usually aim towards the darker coloured kids. Myself being a darker brown coloured individual experienced many hardships and isolation periods away from the rest of the class, which lead to me begging my parents to send me to another school which was successful. The teachers always prioritise the females and decent looking caucasian males, even though around 80-90% of the school is asian. The only decent teachers that I experienced were dark coloured skinned individuals. Whenever there is a fight or a mini brawl, yard duty teachers don’t even try to get involved to stop and break it up. Instead they either a) talk to younger females (usually male teachers) or nag on kids not wearing their hat or uniform errors. Yet when they get told about it from a victim, they always protected or backed up the cause of the situation and kind of put the blame on the victim. This happened to me even though there was blood dripping from my knees, I would’ve got harmed even more if it weren’t for my friend who was protecting me by holding the bully or pushing him into the bush who kept trying to run to me for more. They really prioritise students’ safety and experience alright. Finally, the main reason why my parents allowed me to move schools was because of how unsafely close I was with an ex-teacher. Mr M was one of my favourite teachers growing up and he would stay with me whenever my dad would arrive to pick me up late. Little did I know, this creepy as dude was having an affair with a 14-15 year old girl WHILE HE HAD A WIFE AND A BABY! ( so christian-college-like right?). But thats not even the worst part, the former PRIMARY principal Mrs H knew about the relationship and LET IT SLIDE. They found out about the relationship like way after the incident happened. This eventually led to two job sacks and one court trial which lead to jail. Overall, this is my personal experience which I had most friends relate to. I left at the same time as the old principal retired so I haven’t been able to review the new one as well as newer staff and facilities or improvements. Friends and a micro amount of teachers made school life here liveable for some time. I wanted to write this review wayy before now, but I couldn’t build up the confidence to do it. Thank you St Andrews for ruining my childhood education time.
Google ReviewMarch 23, 2024
Omg I love St Andrew’s 😝😝🥰🥰
Google ReviewDecember 24, 2023
truly one of the schools of all time
i dont even go here

Location

699.01 km

130 Tyner Rd, Wantirna South, VIC 3152

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