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Melton Central Preschool

237 Station Road, Melton, VIC, 3337

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-00005814
Approved places
60
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0397433764
Last visit date
November 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Apr 2023

  • OverallExceeding NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyExceeding NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsExceeding NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (May 2017)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (after school): No
  • Outside school hours care (before school): No
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
  • Other: No

Hours

School terms, session 1

Monday08:30 - 16:00
Tuesday08:30 - 16:00
Wednesday08:30 - 13:30
Thursday08:30 - 13:30
Friday08:30 - 13:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

MondayNot available
Tuesday09:00 - 14:00
Wednesday09:00 - 14:00
Thursday09:00 - 14:00
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The approved provider must only educate and care for children in room 2 and adjacent outdoor area when it is not being utilised by Melton City Council. When this room is not available to the approved provider, no more than 30 children must be educated and cared for at any one time on the premises.

Source: ACECQA National Registers

Official source record

How we use ACECQA data

Last imported 26 Aug 2026

Geocode: geonames-au-postcodes

Fees and vacancies: Not available from ACECQA — see the fees guide.

How this centre compares

Melton Central Preschool against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+10)
  • Above suburb average (+12)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 78–97 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (8)85
  • Melton (19)83
  • VIC (5017)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Melton5.3%
  • VIC21%

For this centre the chart marks whether its overall rating is Exceeding/Excellent; area rows show the share of services with those ratings.

Approved places

This centre
60
Nearby centres
93
Melton
94
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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