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Goodstart Early Learning Cheltenham

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Opening Hours

Capacity

90 children

Service Approval Date

01 January 2012

Primary Service Type

Long Day Care

Registered with ACECQA

Services Offered

Long Day Care
0 To 12 Months
13 To 24 Months
25 To 36 Months
More Than 36 Months
School Age
About The Centre
At Goodstart Early Learning Cheltenham we have four bright spacious rooms and three playgrounds. All of our staff are well trained and many are long-standing and children are offered a cosy, comfortable and safe learning environment with endless opportunities. Goodstart Early Learning Child Care Centre Cheltenham is a heritage listed building located in the heart of Cheltenham, within walking distance of Southland shopping centre and convenient public transport, in a quiet tree lined street with ample car parking. Read More

Centre Features & Inclusions

Parent Services
Approved for CCS
Car Parking
Credit Card Payments Accepted
Daily Activity Updates
Direct Debit Facility
Parent App
Storypark Families App
Waitlist
Fees & Discounts
Additional Sibling Discount
Educator Staff Discounts
Employee Staff Discounts
Flexible Sessions
Multi-Day Discounts
Additional Services
Can Accommodate Special Needs
Educators & Staff
Tertiary Qualified Staff
Centre Facilities & Services
Allergy Aware
Environmentally Friendly
Nappies Provided
SunSafe aware
Sunscreen Provided
Activities & Equipment
Indoor Play Area
Outdoor Play Area
Shaded Outdoor Area
Food & Nutrition
All Meals Provided
Learning Activities
Approved Preschool Program
Education & Development Programs

Ratings

8.7

KindiCare Rating

The Kindicare Rating for this service of 8.7 is above average for the area, with the average rating for the area being 7.6 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.

Additional Centre Information

Sutha Batumalai

Centre Director

My Name is Sutha Batumalai and I am the Centre Director at Goodstart Cheltenham.

Early Childhood Education has always been an interesting and important field of study and work in my life. I have been in the Child Care industry for 10 years. I have a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and I am currently pursuing my Bachelor in the same field.

I have extensive experience in the Child Care industry, I started my journey in early years from 2010 as an educator, senior educator, educational leader and assistant director until I was given the opportunity to lead the team as a Centre Director in 2017.

My philosophy in education is based on a solid premise and strong belief that education is necessary to children to become critical thinkers and to make informed decisions. I believe that families are children’s first teachers and recognize the importance of collaboration with families to support children’s holistic development.

I strive to create a safe place for families that embraces and respects their cultures and diverse needs. I have a strong commitment that children have different learning styles, that every child is a unique individual.

I can assure you that I am committed to improving children’s outcomes and my role with the team at Goodstart Cheltenham, is to assist your precious child on their learning journey.

I look forward to meeting you and your precious children.

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Parent Reviews

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Such a beautiful center inside & out! The educators are friendly, the care that they provide is exceptional, noticed the difference only when came across few other centers with the experience!! Keep up good work guys!!
KindiCare ReviewDecember 12, 2023
This used to be a fabulous centre. They still have some fantastic educators, however, since Julia Foldes has taken over from the previous sensational manager it's gone downhill on an incomprehensibly fast trajectory and many of the fantastic staff have left (and it's not hard to see why and the negative effect she's had on the remaining staff). You used to see management in the office daily and bubbly happy educators. You will now go months without seeing anyone in the office at all. There appears to be no one running the centre, communication is poor and the previously bubbly staff have seeming lost all enjoyment in the centre. They have overfilled the centre with kids to the detriment of others who have been there for years, clearly making financial decisions over the children's best interests and contradictory to what they previously communicated was in the children's best interest. Hopefully Goodstart hierarchy see how much the standard has dropped and move Julia on shortly as she is rude, unhelpful, lazy and has a genuine lack of care for the children and really does not appear to want to be there. I would not send my children here while Julia is still involved and I am actively seeking alternative arrangements for my child.
Google ReviewSeptember 16, 2021
Such a warm and nurturing community that genuinely cares about the welfare and development of our child - in moving from another local childcare centre to Goodstart, we could not be happier with how they’ve helped in our daughter’s transition and how easily she has settled in.
Google ReviewJuly 25, 2019
New set of office staff more concerned with decorating the place than actually being there. Over a week and there hasn't been anyone in the office at 9am.
Google ReviewSeptember 13, 2018
A clean centre with lovely staff! They always go the extra mile to ensure the children are not only being cared for but are also learning and developing.
Google ReviewSeptember 12, 2018
Both my little girls go to this centre, and they love it. They made a lot of friends there. Staff in the centre are really nice and helpful.
Google ReviewDecember 04, 2017

Location

717.96 km

2 Jellicoe Street, Cheltenham, VIC 3192

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