Guardian Childcare & Education McKinnon

Welcome to Guardian Childcare & Education McKinnon! Our recently refurbished McKinnon early learning centre boasts an engaging range of indoor and outdoor environments, including water play areas, a vegetable garden, and natural climbing structures. Our daycare centre in McKinnon is an ideal choice for families in the surrounding suburbs of Bentleigh, Brighton East and Ormond.

The first five years of your child’s life are incredibly important when it comes to social and emotional development and setting them up with a love of learning that lasts a lifetime. Our McKinnon education and care centre is full of world-class learning resources and also offers an outdoor music space, French lessons, and weekly cooking classes.

Our on-site cook prepares five nutritionally balanced meals using fresh seasonal ingredients every day. The children and Educators at our childcare in McKinnon often collect vegetables and herbs from the garden to add to the daily meals and use in hands-on cooking classes!

The Victorian Government offers funding to provide families up to 15 hours of Free Kindergarten a week, in addition to the Childcare Subsidy.The funding offsets the fees for three and four-year-old children that are part of the centre’s long day care Kindergarten program.Families will save up to $2,101 a year for children aged three-years-old and above in eligible long day cares in 2025.

If you’re looking to begin the adventure, start your child care search here and book a tour today at our Guardian McKinnon childcare!

We’re Exceeding! What does that mean? Every six months, our Centres are assessed by . A rating of means that you can be assured that this Centre is providing an exceptional level of care and attention for your child.