Journey Early Learning Centre - Lara
41 Rennie St, Lara VIC 3212
Journey Early Learning Centre - Lara is a long day care centre in Lara VIC 3212, run by Journey ELC Pty Ltd. It is approved for 152 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed April 2026. It is one of 13 services in Lara; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 152
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 22/01/2020
- Last assessed
- April 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 41 Rennie St, Lara VIC 3212
- 03 8746 6965
- journeyelc.com.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
Journey Early Learning Centre - Lara 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 (Sep 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentSep 2025 | PreviousOct 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Lara
- Busy Bees at Lara 103 places Long day care
- Flinders Kindergarten 33 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Goodstart Early Learning Lara 122 places Long day care
- Jenny's ELC Lara 140 places Long day care
- Kelly Club OSHC St Anthony's Catholic Primary School 60 places Outside school hours care
- Kidscape Early Learning Centre Lara 131 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 Lara
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 19,014
- Median age
- 37
- Household income /wk
- $1,969
- Median rent /wk
- $370
- Avg household size
- 2.7