The Hive Early Learning Centre Sunshine
424 Ballarat Rd, Sunshine North VIC 3020
The Hive Early Learning Centre Sunshine is a long day care centre in Sunshine North VIC 3020, run by Al-ishraaq Pty Ltd ATF Ahsan's Family Trust. It is approved for 128 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed November 2025. It is one of 8 services in Sunshine North; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 128
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 20/08/2019
- Last assessed
- November 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 424 Ballarat Rd, Sunshine North VIC 3020
- 03 7036 0053
- thehiveelc.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
The Hive Early Learning Centre Sunshine 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 (Dec 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentDec 2025 | PreviousApr 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Sunshine North
- Albion North PS TheirCare 24 places Outside school hours care
- Camp Australia - St Bernadette's Primary School OSHC 50 places Outside school hours care
- Dorothy Carlton Preschool 30 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Future Super Stars ELC Sunshine North Pty Ltd 80 places Long day care
- North Sunshine Kindergarten 66 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Phoenix Street Children's Centre 55 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 Sunshine North
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 12,047
- Median age
- 37
- Household income /wk
- $1,399
- Median rent /wk
- $341
- Avg household size
- 2.9