Guardian Childcare & Education Thornbury
200 Smith Street, Thornbury VIC 3071
Guardian Childcare & Education Thornbury is a long day care centre in Thornbury VIC 3071, run by Guardian Community Early Learning Centres Pty Ltd. It is approved for 80 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2025. It is one of 17 services in Thornbury; 4 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 80
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- October 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 200 Smith Street, Thornbury VIC 3071
- 03 9480 1023
- guardian.edu.au
Fees and vacancies
Guardian Childcare & Education Thornbury 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 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMar 2024 | PreviousMar 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Thornbury
- Clyde Street Uniting Kindergarten 30 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Darebin Creek Kindergarten 99 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Goodstart Early Learning Thornbury - Hutton Street 92 places Long day care
- Holy Spirit School OSHC Thornbury East 30 places Outside school hours care
- Merri Community Child Care Centre 54 places Long day care
- Penders Grove PS TheirCare 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 Thornbury
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 19,005
- Median age
- 37
- Household income /wk
- $1,971
- Median rent /wk
- $391
- Avg household size
- 2.3