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Childcare in St Albans
High-quality early learning for St Albans families — a warm, home-like centre and funded kindergarten just a few minutes away on Anderson Road, Albion.
Anderson Road Child Care Centre is a short drive from St Albans, just over in Albion via Main Road and Ballarat Road. St Albans 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 St Albans
Childcare for St Albans families
St Albans is a short trip south down the Sunbury line to Albion - just two stops via Ginifer - making our Anderson Road centre an easy option for St Albans families who travel by train or car.
St Albans is one of Melbourne's most multicultural suburbs, built around the Alfrieda Street strip and its premium station. Whether you drive St Albans Road or take the Sunbury line, we are a short, direct trip south.
Getting here from St Albans
About two train stops from St Albans station (a staffed premium station) to Albion, or a short drive via St Albans Road - simple whether you take the train or drive.
Around St Albans
Convenient if your days include the Alfrieda Street shops, Sunshine Hospital on Furlong Road or the Victoria University campus, and if older children attend St Albans or Sacred Heart primary schools.
Why St Albans families choose us
A short, direct trip to a purpose-built centre with all ages and funded kindergarten under one roof.
Why families near St Albans 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 trip from St Albans, 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 St Albans parents on the Sunbury line or driving down St Albans Road.
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 St Albans 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 near us often go on to St Albans Primary School, Sacred Heart School and other local schools. Our kinder and long day care share one site, smoothing the step to school.
Yes – it is about two stops down the Sunbury line from St Albans station (via Ginifer) to Albion, or a short drive via St Albans Road.
It is – we are close to Sunshine Hospital on Furlong Road, the Victoria University campus and the Alfrieda Street shops, so drop-off fits around local work and errands.
Childcare near St Albans
Come and see if Anderson Road is right for your family
Book a tour of our Albion centre — 20 minutes, no pressure to enrol.