6,500 new Kinder places for Victorian children in 2025

More than 6,500 kinder places have been created for Victoria’s children with dozens of new or expanded services opening across the state. 

Minister for Children Lizzie Blandthorn and Member for Tarneit Dylan Wight recently visited Barayip Primary School Kindergarten to celebrate the new kinder year and officially open the service – one of 65 new or expanded services welcoming children in 2025 – where up to 238 new kindergarten places have been created across four rooms. 

The new and upgraded kinders are helping address demand in Victoria, where more than 70,000 children are starting three-year-old kindergarten this year, with around 80,000 children joining four-year-old kindergarten. 

Twenty of these kindergartens are opening at government schools, providing up to 2,575 new kinder places for Victorian children – and saving parents time during busy periods by eliminating the double drop-off. Another 45 new or expanded kindergartens are opening at council, non-government school and other sector sites, supported by Building Blocks Partnerships and Capacity Building grants. 

These projects will collectively create more than 4,000 new kindergarten places.

Pre-Prep has also arrived in the local government areas of Ararat, Gannawarra, Hindmarsh, Murrindindi, Northern Grampians and Yarriambiack – extending four-year-old kindergarten programs to up to 30 hours of play-based learning each week. 

“Our Best Start, Best Life reforms are delivering 65 kindergartens this year and thousands of kindergarten places right across the state – so more children and families can access a world-class kinder close to home,” Minister Blandthorn said.