Goodstart Early Learning Preston 15 Dalgety Street, Preston, Victoria 3072
About the Business
Welcome to Goodstart Early Learning Preston, located at 15 Dalgety Street. Our establishment is not just a school, but also a point of interest for families seeking high-quality early learning experiences for their children.
At Goodstart Preston, we understand the importance of affordability when it comes to child care. That's why we offer a helpful estimator tool to determine your eligibility for the Child Care Subsidy. We want to make sure that every family has access to our exceptional services.
If you're looking for a rewarding career in early learning, search our vacancies and consider making Goodstart your next move. We believe in providing a supportive and enriching environment for our educators, as they play a crucial role in shaping the lives of young children.
In addition to our physical center, we also offer Goodstart at Home, a platform designed to extend your child's learning through play in the comfort of your own home. We believe that learning should be a holistic experience, and our at-home program ensures that your child's development continues beyond our center.
As the Centre Director, I, Roopal Shah, have a decade of experience in the early learning industry, with eight years in leadership roles. Holding a Diploma of Early Learning, I have had the privilege of working with diverse families, educators, and children from various backgrounds. My passion lies in creating safe, warm, and trusting relationships that provide children with the best possible start in life.
At Goodstart Preston, we value family involvement and feedback. We believe that by prioritizing the needs and desires of our community, we can create an inclusive and supportive environment that sets children on a path to success. Our goal is to build long-lasting, trusting relationships with our families and educators, ensuring that our service feels like a home away from home.
We are proud to be a part of Goodstart Early Learning, Australia's largest early learning provider and a not-for-profit organization. Our commitment to excellence has been recognized, with awards such as being named a Child Safe Organization and receiving accolades for providing a rewarding environment for professionals.
Finally, we acknowledge and respect the Traditional Custodians of the land across Australia and recognize the continued cultural and spiritual connection of First Nations peoples to the land, sky, and waterways. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.
We can't wait to meet you and your family and introduce you to our new early learning service at Goodstart Preston – Dalgety Street. Join us on this exciting journey of growth and discovery for your child.
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Location & Phone number
15 Dalgety Street, Preston, Victoria 3072, Australia
Hours open
Monday:
06:30 - 18:30
Tuesday:
06:30 - 18:30
Wednesday:
06:30 - 18:30
Thursday:
06:30 - 18:30
Friday:
06:30 - 18:30
Saturday:
Closed
Sunday:
Closed
Reviews
"my son attended this childcare since he was 11 months. Initially it was really good. From nursery to toddler rooms, I can see my son was happy and growing everyday. Daily updates, it is clear educators put in a lot of effort in daily planning. Since the centre director changed, everything went down hill from there. New Director is unable to retain stuff. Pretty much all educators left and for a few months, the centre was practically running on casuals. Although I was concerned with the quality, I felt as long as health and safety was taken care of, it was ok. I had faith that eventually things would get better. Then they recruited educator R and unfortunately my son was allocated to R. I don't care how boring their activities are but she does not meet her duty of care. She knows how easy it is to get away from her responsibility to blame everything on a toddlers ignorance. My son came home one day with multiple scratches and no educators mentioned anything. We thought it was a once off thing as these things do happen so we didnt dig into this further. Then two days later, there were more sctraches and this time, they were bleeding. This time it was all over his face. Upon pick up, again no educators mentioned anything. Immediately we went to the Director. The Director noticed his sctraches and said will need to wait for R to coming back for answers since she has left for the day. The next day, R called myself and provided a totally unacceptable answer. She said it was totally due to my son's nails. I asked why didn't she notice anything during the day and she couldn't provide a response. She simply said she didn't see anything. I brought this to the Directors attention hoping this near miss incident and unacceptable response can be discussed with R. I find it extremely hard to believe to not seeing anything when one is the key educator and the scratches were all over his face and literally bleeding. I requested my son to be removed from Rs care. This didn't happen without my knowledge. Then a few days later, I received a call from another educator advising me my son had fell and there is a bit of brusing under his left eye. I asked who is looking after my son while this happened? This educator hesitated to answer so I asked if it was R? He didn't say anything so I asked why didn't R call me? And his response was she was too scared to call me. Anyways, I thought it was a small accident as this kind of stuff happens so although annoyed, I didn't taken further action. Upon picking up my son, my world was distroyed. I saw my son with a serious eye bruise. It clearly was not a small incident. Below his left eye was seriously bruised and clearly it bleed. I simply burst into tears and demanded an answer. Again no one could give me an answer. Again R is was looking after my son and she DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. I went to the Directors office again. She did not explain why my son was back in Rs care when I demanded my son to be removed from her days ago. I removed my child from this centre since then. The Director apologised but could not hold anyone accountable. R is the key educator for my son yet she never knows what happened. I wonder what she does on a daily basis. My sons eye is now literally black, blue, and swollen. I am not getting any valid answers from this centre. I have since complained to the head office and DET. If you are planning to attend this centre, be aware, they don't meet their duty of care, they don't hold accountable of anything, they don't listen to your needs, they don't provide valid answers. If anything was to happen to your child, the answer is "no one saw what happened". So be careful, I would fear for my child's life."
"I am so happy with this centre, our daughter is just thriving here and loves all the staff. Watching her run off into the arms of her educators every morning ensures I am never concerned about her during the day. She comes home happy, exhausted and well fed. Highly recommend!!"
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