Kindergartens in Darebin
Kindergartens operate within long day care (child care) called integrated kindergarten or in stand-alone kindergarten called sessional kindergarten.
Every family is different. This means the kindergarten program you choose should be a good fit with your child and family.
It's a good idea to start looking for a kindergarten program early, as enrolment processes vary across Victoria.
Early years services in Darebin
Early years services (long day care and kindergarten) in the City of Darebin are managed by a range of providers, these can include:
- parent committees of management
- commercial operators
- early years management organisations
Darebin has an agreement with participating services (long day care and sessional kindergartens) to operate the registration system.
To register your child a service that is not on the Darebin registration system, please contact those services directly.
Integrated kindergarten
This is a government funded kindergarten program operating within a long day care service. Services charge a daily fee and may operate during school holidays.
Contact individual long day care services for more information about their time table and fee schedule.
Darebin Child Care and Kindergarten in Preston will be operating a 3-year-old integrated kindergarten program in 2024.
Sessional kindergarten
This is a government funded kindergarten program operating within the Victorian school term and so kindergartens close during school holidays.
Contact individual kindergartens for more information relating to time table and fee schedules.
Making a complaint
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services in the City of Darebin are managed by a diverse range of providers, including parent Committees of Management, Commercial operators and Early Years Management Services.
If you are concerned about your child's education, care, or licensed children's service, you should raise your concerns with the service first.
- All early childhood services must have a written policy and procedure that states who you need to speak to about your complaint, how they will respond, and which complaints must be notified to the department.
- The name and the telephone number of the person who deals with complaints must also be displayed at the entrance to the service. For family day care, these details will be located in the service's principal office. If your complaint cannot be resolved by the service, you should then raise it with the department.
Give feedback or make a complaint to the Department of Education
Safeguarding children
We are committed to a child-safe organisation and have zero tolerance to abuse of children and young people. Read more about safeguarding children.
If the complaint is related specifically to a child with a disability, contact the Association for Children with Disability.
Association for Children with Disability
Email: mail@acd.org.au
Phone: 03 9880 7000
More information
Department of Education
Email: nmr.qar@edumail.vic.gov.au
Phone: 03 7005 1989