The Top 3 Childcare Centres in Cranbourne North, VIC (3977)

Aspire Early Education Berwick Waters operates from Waterways Drive with 152 approved places, the largest of the three ranked centres by some margin. It has been approved since February 2019 and is one of 33 services run by Aspire Early Education & Kindergarten.

Its June 2024 assessment returned Exceeding overall, built on four quality areas rated above the standard: physical environment, staffing arrangements, relationships with children, and collaborative partnerships with families and communities. The remaining three — educational program and practice, children's health and safety, and governance and leadership — sit at Meeting.

That result was a step up rather than a defence of existing ground. At the previous assessment in January 2020 the service held Meeting, so the Exceeding rating represents movement in the right direction across a four-year gap.

The daily rate of $167.00 applies to every age band the service publishes, with eight inclusions attached to each: breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, other meals, nappies, education programs and excursions. Doors open at 6:30am and close at 6:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Aspire Early Education Berwick Waters takes first place on the clearest evidence on this page: it is the only ranked centre holding Exceeding, where both others hold Meeting. It holds that result in four quality areas — physical environment, staffing arrangements, relationships with children, and collaborative partnerships with families. Exceeding is the highest result achievable through standard assessment; the Excellent rating above it is awarded separately by ACECQA on application and held by fewer than 1% of services nationally. At $167.00 a day it is the dearest of the three, but the fee covers all meals, nappies, education programs and excursions, so the gap narrows considerably against centres charging less for less. The June 2024 assessment is the oldest of the three, which is the one reservation worth holding: an October 2025 regulatory visit found zero conditions and zero enforcement actions, but the rating itself dates from June 2024.

Cranbourne North YMCA Early Learning Centre sits on Wheelers Park Drive beside Tulliallan Primary School, with 104 approved places. The service has been approved since January 2017 and is one of 63 early learning services run by the YMCA in Victoria, a not-for-profit.

Its July 2026 assessment returned Meeting across all seven quality areas. That is the newest rating held by any long day care service in Cranbourne North, and it repeats the Meeting result issued in December 2022 — no movement, but a recent confirmation rather than an ageing one.

A regulatory visit in June 2026, a month before the rating was issued, recorded no conditions on the service approval and no enforcement actions across the preceding two years.

The $150.50 daily rate holds across every age band, and six inclusions are attached to each one: breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, nappies and education programs. Operating hours run 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays.

Second place comes down to how recently each centre was assessed, because almost nothing else divides the two. This centre and the third-ranked one both hold Meeting across all seven quality areas, both carry a 4.9 parent rating, and $2.00 a day separates their fees — a difference of about $100 across a full year at four days a week, which is not a reason to choose either. What does separate them is the assessment: July 2026 here, the most recent of any service in the suburb, against August 2025 below, eleven months earlier. A June 2026 regulatory visit found zero enforcement actions and no conditions on approval. The fee here covers breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, nappies and education programs in every room, which is worth knowing in its own right, but it cannot be set against the centre below: the register publishes no inclusions for that service at all, and an empty field records what the operator supplied to the register, not what the centre provides.

Kidz R Kidz Early Learning Centre runs from Stirling Avenue with 47 approved places, making it roughly a third the size of the top-ranked service and the most intimate setting of the three. The service approval dates back to January 2012, so it is long established in the area.

Ownership changed on 27 February 2024. That matters when reading its quality history: the August 2025 Meeting rating, across all seven quality areas, is the first assessment under the current operator, while the earlier Meeting result from August 2022 belongs to the previous one.

A regulatory visit in May 2026 found no conditions attached to the service approval and no enforcement actions in the preceding two years.

At $148.50 a day it holds the lowest rate on this page, flat across all four age bands. The register carries no inclusions against the service, which is the single thing most worth clarifying before comparing it on price — a blank field on the register is not the same as a confirmed absence. Hours are 6:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Kidz R Kidz places third on assessment date, and on very little else. It matches the centre above on the national standard — Meeting across all seven quality areas — and on parent sentiment at 4.9, and it is the cheaper of the two at $148.50, though only by $2.00 a day. Its August 2025 assessment sits eleven months behind the July 2026 result above, and that is the whole of the gap between second and third here. Two things cut the other way and are worth weighing: its review base is the deepest of any centre ranked on this page, 4.9 from 58 families against 21, and a score drawn from 58 is harder to dismiss than the same score drawn from 21; and a May 2026 regulatory visit recorded zero enforcement actions and no conditions on approval. One thing this guide cannot tell you: the register publishes no inclusions for this service, so whether meals and nappies are covered is a question for the centre. That blank is a gap in the register, not an answer — several operators publish nothing here while plainly providing meals — so do not read the $2.00 saving as either confirmed or cancelled until you have asked.