Buddies Early Learning Centre
143 Jasper Road, Bentleigh VIC 3204
Buddies Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Bentleigh VIC 3204, run by Childcare Management Systems Pty Ltd as trustee for The Rosenberg Buddies Family Trust. It is approved for 49 children. It opens 7:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2025. It is one of 13 services in Bentleigh; 4 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 49
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- October 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 143 Jasper Road, Bentleigh VIC 3204
- 03 9557 8772
- http://www.buddies.net.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Buddies 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 (Nov 2025)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentNov 2025 | PreviousSep 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Bentleigh
- Bentleigh Early Child Education Cooperative 42 places Long day care
- Bentleigh Early Child Education Cooperative 38 places Long day care
- Bentleigh West Kindergarten 28 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Bright Steps Academy Bentleigh 120 places Long day care
- Buckets Early Learning Centre 144 places Long day care
- Camp Australia - Bentleigh West Primary School OSHC 90 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 Bentleigh
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 17,921
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $2,263
- Median rent /wk
- $480
- Avg household size
- 2.6