The Top 3 Childcare Centres in Bundoora, VIC (3083)

Goodstart Early Learning Bundoora, Bendoran Crescent holds an Exceeding NQS rating issued May 2023, above the standard in educational program, children's health and safety, staffing, and governance and leadership. Its previous assessment, in February 2017, also returned Exceeding. No conditions apply to its approval; the regulator's last visit was February 2026.

Approved for 60 places, it is the most compact centre here, set in a quiet residential pocket near Gresswell Reserve, where the centre takes children on nature excursions. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays.

Programs follow the EYLF and VEYLDF, with university-qualified teachers delivering a government-funded kindergarten program for eligible 3 and 4-year-olds. The fee is $179.63 a day up to 35 months and $165.90 from 36 months, with five inclusions listed on Starting Blocks.

Our controlled Google Maps reading on 22 October 2026 returned a sponsored listing for this centre rather than its own place panel, so no review figure is shown.

Bendoran Crescent ranks first on its rating: it is the only Exceeding service in Bundoora, which puts it ahead of every Meeting-rated centre before fees or fit are compared. It has held Exceeding across two assessments. At 60 places it is small, and its rate up to 35 months is $12.93 above Story House's.

Story House Early Learning Bundoora is on Scholar Drive, approved for 130 places, more than either Goodstart centre on this page, and open 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays.

Its December 2025 assessment came back Meeting in all seven quality areas, under an operator that has run the service since 2018, and its approval is unconditioned.

The fee is $166.70 a day up to 35 months and $159.80 from 36 months. The register lists no inclusions, and the centre page could not be loaded when we checked, so its age range here rests on the register, which prices all four age bands. Confirm both directly with the centre. Google shows 4.7 from 65 reviews.

Story House takes second over Goodstart Karl Court. Their ratings, December 2025 and February 2026, are only two months apart, too close for the date to count. Story House is cheaper in every age band, $166.70 against $185.25 up to 35 months and $159.80 against $174.57 after, and has 130 places to Karl Court's 75. The caution is that it lists no inclusions on the register, so check what the lower rate covers before relying on the difference.

Goodstart Early Learning Bundoora, Karl Court is approved for 75 places and opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. Goodstart's page for the centre mentions nursery, toddler and kindergarten rooms and a government-funded 3- and 4-year-old kinder program.

Its February 2026 assessment came back Meeting in all seven quality areas, a step down from the Exceeding rating issued in October 2022. Starting Blocks shows no current conditions on its approval and no enforcement actions in the past two years.

The fee is $185.25 a day up to 35 months and $174.57 from 36 months, above both other ranked centres, with five inclusions listed. Google shows 4.8 from 52 reviews.

Karl Court takes third over Papilio Bundoora on reviews. Their ratings sit three months apart at the same level; fees are level, since each is cheaper in some age bands, and capacity is level at 75 places against 88. With the other criteria even, parent reviews decide, and 52 against 19 is a clear margin under our rule. Two cautions: it is a recent downgrade from Exceeding, and it is the dearest of the three.