Playhouse Early Education and Care
70 Tram Rd, Doncaster VIC 3108
Playhouse Early Education and Care is a long day care centre in Doncaster VIC 3108, run by NICKELL PTY LTD ATF NICKELL UNIT TRUST. It is approved for 57 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2026. It is one of 15 services in Doncaster; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 57
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 28/07/2023
- Last assessed
- May 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 70 Tram Rd, Doncaster VIC 3108
- playhouseeec.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Playhouse Early Education and Care 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.
Quality area ratings
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting |
|---|---|
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting |
Nearby in Doncaster
- Aurora Early Education Doncaster 116 places Long day care
- Camp Australia - St Gregory the Great School OSHC 49 places Outside school hours care
- Creative Play Early Learning Centre Doncaster 148 places Long day care
- Doncaster Early Learning Child Care 45 places Long day care
- Doncaster Kindergarten 27 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Doncaster Park Kindergarten 30 places Preschool / kindergarten
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 Doncaster
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 25,020
- Median age
- 40
- Household income /wk
- $1,592
- Median rent /wk
- $450
- Avg household size
- 2.4