Journey Early Learning Centre - Ocean Grove
33-37 Coastal Bvd, Ocean Grove VIC 3226
Journey Early Learning Centre - Ocean Grove is a long day care centre in Ocean Grove VIC 3226, run by Journey ELC Pty Ltd. It is approved for 120 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed December 2025. It is one of 10 services in Ocean Grove; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 120
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 20/10/2020
- Last assessed
- December 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 33-37 Coastal Bvd, Ocean Grove VIC 3226
- 03 8746 6999
- 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 - Ocean Grove 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 (Jan 2026)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJan 2026 | PreviousMar 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Working Towards |
| 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 | Working Towards |
Nearby in Ocean Grove
- Boorai Centre Ocean Grove 203 places Long day care
- Camp Australia - Surfside Primary School OSHC 100 places Outside school hours care
- Headstart Early Learning Centre Ocean Grove 95 places Long day care
- Nido Early School Ocean Grove 102 places Long day care
- Ocean Grove & District Preschool 68 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Ocean 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 Ocean Grove
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 17,714
- Median age
- 43
- Household income /wk
- $1,837
- Median rent /wk
- $420
- Avg household size
- 2.5