Children's services directory

Discover the childcare and kindergarten services found in the City of Stonnington.

Our childcare centres cater for children from zero to 6 years of age. They usually operate for eight hours a day and may offer a kindergarten program.

Children attend kindergarten in the year before school, usually when they are four years old. Some services offer programs for three-year-old children. Kindergartens offer a few hours or full-day sessions.

Our education and care programs are created around the developmental needs and interests of each child.

For waiting list applications, to enrol or for information about childcare centres and kindergartens, please contact the individual services.

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Centre Service type Suburb Age
Armadale Early Learning Centre

Sessional kindergarten program

Free kinder option

Armadale

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Bloom Early Learning Centre

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Malvern East

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Brookville Kindergarten

Sessional kindergarten program

Free kinder option

Toorak

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Bubbles Preschool

Sessional kindergarten program

Malvern East

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Caulfield Grammar School - Early Learning Centre

Independent School

Sessional kindergarten program

Glen Iris

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Central Park Childcare Centre

Long day care

Malvern East

0-6 years

Chabad House of Malvern

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Malvern

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Early Years at Phoenix Park

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Sessional kindergarten program

Free kinder option

Malvern East

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

East Malvern Early Learning Centre

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Malvern East

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Ewing Memorial Kindergarten

Sessional kindergarten program

Malvern East

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Explorers Early Learning

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Armadale

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Gardiner Pre-school

Free kinder option

Glen Iris

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Geelong Grammar School - Early Learning Centre

Independent School

Sessional kindergarten program

Toorak

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Glen Education Serrell Street Kindergarten

Sessional kindergarten program

Council-run

Free kinder option

Malvern East

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Goodstart Early Learning Chadstone

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Chadstone

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Guardian Childcare and Education Prahran

Long day care

Prahran
Guardian Childcare and Education South Yarra

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

South Yarra

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Hornbrook Children's Centre (temporarily closed)

Council-run

Windsor
John Mackenzie Kindergarten

Sessional kindergarten program

Free kinder option

Toorak

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Korowa Anglican Girls School - Early Learning Centre

Independent School

Sessional kindergarten program

Glen Iris

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Lauriston Kindergarten

Independent School

Sessional kindergarten program

Armadale

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Little Lane Early Learning

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Glen Iris

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Little Paddington Early Learning Centre

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Malvern East

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Little St Margarets

Sessional kindergarten program

Malvern

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Malvern Day Nursery

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Glen Iris

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Combined 3yo/4yo kindergarten

Malvern Early Learning and Child Care Centre

Sessional care

Free kinder option

Armadale

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Malvern Memorial Kindergarten

Sessional kindergarten program

Armadale

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Montessori Beginnings Malvern

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Malvern

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Nido Early School

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Prahran

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Niño Early Learning Adventures Chadstone

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Malvern East

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Only About Children

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Armadale

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Paisley Park Early Learning Centre

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Malvern East

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Princes Close Early Years Service

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Prahran

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Renown Kindergarten

Sessional kindergarten program

South Yarra

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Samantha's Childcare and Kindergarten

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Glen Iris

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

South Yarra Preschool

Sessional kindergarten program

Free kinder option

South Yarra

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

St Catherine’s Early Learning Centre

Independent School

Sessional kindergarten program

Toorak

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

St. Peters Early Learning Centre

Independent School

Sessional kindergarten program

Toorak

0-6 years

Stonnington Children's Centre

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Windsor

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Sunnyside Kindergarten

Sessional kindergarten program

Free kinder option

Malvern East

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Sutherland House

Independent School

Long day care

Armadale

0-6 years

The King David School

Independent School

Free kinder option

Armadale
Wattletree Early Childhood Centre

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Malvern
Windsor Community Children’s Centre

Integrated kindergarten program

Long day care

Free kinder option

Prahran

0-6 years

3yo kindergarten

4yo kindergarten

Winter Street Early Years Service

Council-run

Malvern

0-6 years