Gardiner Early Education Centre
6 Gardiner Street, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
Gardiner Early Education Centre is a long day care centre in Bondi Junction NSW 2022, run by Waverley Council. It is approved for 56 children. It opens 7:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed August 2026. It is one of 12 services in Bondi Junction; 5 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 56
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 03/10/2008
- Last assessed
- August 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 6 Gardiner Street, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
- 02 9083 8830
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
Gardiner Early Education Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in New South Wales averaged $14.85 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 (Sep 2026)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentSep 2026 | PreviousMay 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Bondi Junction
- Gingerbread Preschool Kindergarten 51 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning Bondi Junction - Oxford Street West 65 places Long day care
- Holy Cross OSHC Centre 70 places Outside school hours care
- Little Zak's Academy Bondi 115 places Long day care
- Mill Hill Early Education Centre 52 places Long day care
- Mt Zion War Memorial Kindergarten 86 places Long day 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 Bondi Junction
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 10,361
- Median age
- 35
- Household income /wk
- $2,379
- Median rent /wk
- $660
- Avg household size
- 2.1