Botanica Early Learning Centre
32-34 Stoneleigh Crescent, Highton VIC 3216
Botanica Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Highton VIC 3216, run by RJ ASSET MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING PTY LTD ATF Lightning Education and Learning Trust. It is approved for 99 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed March 2026. It is one of 10 services in Highton; 5 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 99
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 03/06/2021
- Last assessed
- March 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 32-34 Stoneleigh Crescent, Highton VIC 3216
- 03 5244 0001
- botanicaelc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Botanica Early Learning Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Victoria averaged $14.65 an hour in the June quarter 2026, before the Child Care Subsidy. Services report their current fees and vacancies on StartingBlocks.gov.au, or you can call and ask.
Rating history
- Previous
- Current (Mar 2026)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMar 2026 | PreviousNov 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Highton
- Bellaire Primary School OSHC Program 120 places Outside school hours care
- Bellevue Preschool 33 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Highton Preschool 66 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Montpellier PS TheirCare 80 places Outside school hours care
- St Lukes Uniting Kindergarten Highton 27 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Team Holiday - Highton 80 places Outside school hours care
Service details, ratings and hours: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Average fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026. Locations are suburb centres. Confirm fees, hours and vacancies with the service. About this data.
About Highton
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 20,736
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $2,054
- Median rent /wk
- $360
- Avg household size
- 2.6