Goodstart Early Learning Carrum Downs - Arcadia Street
4-6 Arcadia St, Carrum Downs VIC 3201
Goodstart Early Learning Carrum Downs - Arcadia Street is a long day care centre in Carrum Downs VIC 3201, run by Goodstart Early Learning Ltd. It is approved for 56 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2026. It is one of 19 services in Carrum Downs; 4 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 56
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- May 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 4-6 Arcadia St, Carrum Downs VIC 3201
- 03 9776 8556
- 03 9776 8518
- goodstart.org.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Goodstart Early Learning Carrum Downs - Arcadia Street 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 (Jul 2026)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJul 2026 | PreviousSep 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Working Towards | Exceeding |
Nearby in Carrum Downs
- Banyan Fields Child and Family Centre 99 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Banyan Fields PS TheirCare 80 places Outside school hours care
- Birches Early Learning Centre Carrum Downs 128 places Long day care
- Botany Park Preschool 30 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Bowerbird Kindergarten 29 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Camp Australia - Flinders Christian College OSHC 75 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 Carrum Downs
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 21,976
- Median age
- 36
- Household income /wk
- $1,658
- Median rent /wk
- $370
- Avg household size
- 2.5