New kindergartens in Victoria will create 495 additional places

Victoria’s Minister for Early Childhood and Pre-Prep Ingrid Stitt recently announced new kindergartens would open at St Albans Meadows, Willmott Park, Roxburgh Park, Korumburra and Napoleons primary schools and Kyabram P-12 College in 2024, creating 495 new kindergarten places for local children.

Two-room centres opening to outdoor learning and play spaces will be built at St Albans Meadows, Korumburra and Napoleons primary schools and Kyabram P-12 College, with each offering 66 kindergarten places. 

Willmott Park Primary School in Craigieburn will provide 99 kindergarten places thanks to a new three-room centre that opens to an outdoor learning and play space, with a new four-room centre that also opens to an outdoor learning and play space to be built at Roxburgh Park Primary School to provide a further 132 kindergarten places. 

The new kindergartens are sharing in $371 million provided in the Victorian Budget for Three-Year-Old Kindergarten funding. Built with modular construction to expedite delivery and minimise disruption for the school and local community, the technique delivers new high-quality learning environments more quickly, supporting 42 jobs during construction and 164 in associated industries. 

Since 2021, the Labor Government has delivered a kindergarten on-site or next door to every new school that has opened, ensuring families have better access to the services they need, and to ensure kindergarten programs are easier to access, drop-off time is simpler and more convenient for parents and provide a smoother transition from kindergarten to school for local children. 

For more information about the Best Start, Best Life Kinder reforms, please see here.