Register to My Family Lounge below to join the Clifton Street Children’s Centre waitlist.
How to join our waitlist? under construction
Clifton St Children’s Centre manages our own waitlist and enrolment system for childcare placements of children under the age of 3. We work with the Darebin Council Kindergarten registration team for 3- and 4-year-old Funded Kindergarten placements.
Clifton street is currently changing our waitlist, please retune in the new year to join lour list.
Please keep your login details in a safe place as you will need to log in if you wish to change any of your waitlist information in the future. It is important that you keep your waitlist application up to date.
Kindergarten Enrolments
If you are seeking a 3- or 4-year-old Funded Kindergarten placement, CSCC works with the Darebin Council Kindergarten Registration team for funded kindergarten. Lodging an application for a Funded Kindergarten Placement is completed yearly when the registration opens during first term of the year. First round offers are made from July-August each year.
If you already have a child enrolled at Clifton Street Children’s Centre, you will be given a preference for your child to be offered a Funded Kindergarten place in our Integrated Kinder Program when your child is eligible.
For more information on Funded kindergarten, log onto the Kindergarten City of Darebin site or the Kinder: Best Start, Best Life | vic.gov.au
If you have any questions about this process, please contact us by email or phone. We are here to help at every step of the way.
Tours
Meet the Clifton Street team
A tour of Clifton Street CC will allow you to meet some of our highly dedicated educators, learn about our philosophy, get to see and feel what the centre is like and watch educators and children interacting. Tours run for approximately 30 minutes and are by appointment.
Tours run during 2nd and 3rd term only (Approximately April to September). This allows new families and children to settle at the beginning of the year (1st Term) and the orientation progress at the end of the year (4th Term). Tours run Wednesday at 10am or Thursday at 10.30 am. Please enquire or make a booking by calling the center on 9486 3299.
We are excited to be a part of Darebin Twilight Kindergarten Open Evenings. We invite you to come and meet our Management and Kindergarten Teachers, visit our rooms and ask any questions you have.
Fees
2025 FEES – $154 PER DAY
We aim to keep our fees affordable. As of January 2025, our fees are $154 per day. Our fees are reviewed by the Committee of Management in accordance with educator wages and other costs associates with providing high quality early years education and care. Families will be given notice and reasoning before any fee increase takes effect.
Prior to commencing at the service please contact Centrelink to determine whether your family is eligible to receive the Childcare Subsidy (CCS), these entitlements may reduce your child’s fees. For more information please visit the MyGov website run by the Australian Government. They have a range of fact sheets with information on childcare as well as all available fee assistance that you may be eligible for. You can access further information here.
“We have been incredibly lucky to have our three children at Clifton Street over the last five years. The team of educators are just wonderful; their warmth, creativity and dedication to the children has made us all feel like part of the Clifton Street family. We’ve also been impressed with the professionalism of the management team, who listen to community feedback and make sure the centre is a great place for all families.”