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Childcare in Ardeer
High-quality early learning for Ardeer families — a warm, home-like centre and funded kindergarten just a few minutes away on Anderson Road, Albion.
Anderson Road Child Care Centre is right on the Albion–Ardeer border, so for most Ardeer families we’re only a few minutes away — a quick trip along Anderson Road or a short hop from Ardeer station. Families choose us because the centre feels different: a real weatherboard home with cosy rooms and a garden, rather than a large, echoey building.
We care for children from 6 weeks to 5 years, with a play-based program guided by the Early Years Learning Framework and assessed as Meeting NQS. Meals are cooked fresh on site and included, and you follow your child’s day in real time through the OWNA app.
Long day care is $165 per day before the Child Care Subsidy. Funded 3 and 4 year old kindergarten is free for eligible families — around $2,101 a year in savings — and is delivered by a bachelor-qualified early childhood teacher.
Local to Ardeer
Childcare for Ardeer families
Ardeer sits right next to Albion - the two suburbs even share the Kororoit Creek Trail - so our Anderson Road centre is only a short drive from home.
Ardeer and Albion share a border and the Kororoit Creek parkland, so this is one of the shortest trips of any suburb we serve - a quick hop east and you are at Anderson Road.
The drive from Ardeer
Just a few minutes east into Albion by car, with Ardeer station on the Ballarat line close by for anyone travelling on to the city or Ballarat.
Around Ardeer
Handy for families at Ardeer Primary School on Suspension Street, and an easy fit if your weekends include the Kororoit Creek Trail that runs between Ardeer and Albion.
Why Ardeer families choose us
One of our nearest suburbs - quick drop-off, every age in one place, and funded kinder on site.
Why families near Ardeer choose us
What makes Anderson Road different
A home, not an institution
A weatherboard cottage with real rooms and a garden. Children settle fast because it feels like home. A short hop from Ardeer, the homely rooms help children settle in quickly.
Educators who stay
Qualified, long-serving educators and bachelor-qualified kindergarten teachers who know every child by name.
Meals included
Freshly cooked morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea every day, built into your fee.
Learning through play
A program guided by the Early Years Learning Framework, and rated Meeting NQS under the National Quality Standard.
Hours that work
Open 6am to 6pm on weekdays, all year, with wrap-around care around the kinder day. Handy for Ardeer parents catching the Ballarat line or driving the few minutes east.
Always in the loop
Daily photos, meals, sleep and learning updates through the OWNA app.
One centre, every age
From 6 weeks to school, without switching centres
- ✓Nursery — 6 wks – 12 mths
- ✓Toddlers — 1 – 2 years
- ✓Pre-Kinder — 2 – 3 years
- ✓3 Year Old Kinder — 3 years
- ✓4 Year Old Kinder — 4 years
Funded 3 and 4 year old kindergarten is free for eligible families and built into the day.
Good to know
Common questions from Ardeer families
Yes. We’re a Victorian Government approved kindergarten provider, and eligible families pay no fee for the 3 and 4 year old kindergarten programs.
$165 per day before the Child Care Subsidy, with meals included. Most families are eligible for CCS.
6 weeks to 5 years, across five rooms from the nursery to 4 year old kindergarten.
Yes, on-street parking is available near the centre on Anderson Road.
Families often go on to Ardeer Primary School on Suspension Street and other local schools. Kinder and long day care share our site, easing the move to school.
Yes – it is just a few minutes east into Albion by car, and Ardeer station on the Ballarat line is close for anyone travelling on to the city or Ballarat.
We do. Ardeer sits right next to Albion – the two even share the Kororoit Creek Trail – so we are a short, familiar trip for Ardeer, Albion and Sunshine West families.
Childcare near Ardeer
Come and see if Anderson Road is right for your family
Book a tour of our Albion centre — 20 minutes, no pressure to enrol.