Fairly rated · Updated October 2026
Childcare Centres in South Australia
- Childcare Centres compared
- 205
- Google reviews
- 2,921
- Median rating
- 4.9
As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated childcare centres in South Australia on Even Footing are Gatehouse Montessori Preschool & Early Learning Centre (5.0 from 49 Google reviews), Goodstart Early Learning Gawler South (5.0 from 46 Google reviews) and Confident Kids Childcare & Early Learning Holden Hill (5.0 from 34 Google reviews).
Childcare Centres in South Australia: the top 50
- 1
Gatehouse Montessori Preschool & Early Learning Centre
from 49 Google reviews
- 2
Goodstart Early Learning Gawler South
from 46 Google reviews
- 3
Confident Kids Childcare & Early Learning Holden Hill
from 34 Google reviews
- 4
Bright Steps Academy Murray Bridge
from 31 Google reviews
- 5
Community Kids Murray Bridge Early Education Centre
from 31 Google reviews
- 6
O'Briens Montessori Centre
from 31 Google reviews
- 7
Guardian Childcare & Education Fullarton
from 24 Google reviews
- 8
Nido Early School Cumberland Park
from 24 Google reviews
- 9
Community Kids Mount Gambier Early Education Centre
from 23 Google reviews
25-27 Wireless Rd, Mount Gambier SA 5290
- 10
Cool Frogs Early Childhood Education Willunga
from 21 Google reviews
4 St Andrews Ter, Willunga SA 5172
- 11
Little Investigators Early Learning Centre
from 21 Google reviews
- 12
Goodstart Early Learning Underdale
from 50 Google reviews
- 13
Modbury Community Children's Centre
from 20 Google reviews
- 14
Stepping Stone Kidman Park Childcare & Early Development Centre
from 20 Google reviews
- 15
Eden Academy Christies Beach
from 19 Google reviews
- 16
Green Leaves Early Learning Valley View
from 42 Google reviews
- 17
Community Kids McLaren Vale Early Education Centre
from 18 Google reviews
224-226 Main Road, McLaren Vale SA 5171
- 18
Alicia's Family Day Care
from 16 Google reviews
- 19
Ridgehaven ELC - Child Care
from 16 Google reviews
1015 N East Rd, Ridgehaven SA 5097
- 20
Being Early Education - Hope Valley
from 30 Google reviews
- 21
City Community Children's Centre
from 30 Google reviews
104 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
- 22
Morphett Vale Childcare Centre
from 15 Google reviews
- 23
Stepping Stone Evanston Childcare & Early Development Centre
from 15 Google reviews
- 24
Tea Tree Gully Childcare
from 15 Google reviews
1220 North East Rd, Adelaide SA 5097
- 25
Green Leaves Early Learning Bowden
from 29 Google reviews
- 26
Guardian Childcare and Education Fairview Park
from 14 Google reviews
- 27
Gawler Riverside Early Learning Centre
from 12 Google reviews
1 Scheibener Ter, Gawler SA 5118
- 28
Goodstart Early Learning Glenelg
from 12 Google reviews
122-126 Tapleys Hill Rd, Adelaide SA 5045
- 29
Grey Ward Children's Centre
from 12 Google reviews
253 Wright St, Adelaide SA 5000
- 30
Nido Early School Redwood Park
from 20 Google reviews
- 31
Rose Park Community Childcare
from 20 Google reviews
Adelaide Eastern Comm Cc, 22 Watson Ave, Adelaide SA 5067
- 32
Edge Early Learning Seaford Heights
from 11 Google reviews
- 33
Highway Child Care & Early Learning Centre
from 11 Google reviews
267 Salisbury Hwy, Adelaide SA 5108
- 34
Bright Steps Academy Elizabeth North
from 54 Google reviews
- 35
Eden Academy Glenelg
from 10 Google reviews
58 Cliff St, Glenelg East SA 5045
- 36
Guardian Childcare & Education Ridgehaven
from 16 Google reviews
- 37
Kindy Patch Salisbury Heights
from 40 Google reviews
41 The Grove Way, Salisbury Heights SA 5109
- 38
Goodstart Early Learning Ingle Farm - Roopena Street
from 38 Google reviews
- 39
Beyond Early Learning Goolwa
from 9 Google reviews
28-30 Hutchinson St, Goolwa SA 5214
- 40
Unley Community Childcare Centre
from 9 Google reviews
42 Arthur St, Adelaide SA 5061
- 41
Brightside Early Learning Centre
from 35 Google reviews
144-146 Burton Rd, Adelaide SA 5108
- 42
Little Shining Stars Early Learning Centre
from 14 Google reviews
- 43
City West Child Care Centre
from 33 Google reviews
222-228 Waymouth St, Adelaide SA 5000
- 44
Little Zak's Academy Elizabeth Downs
from 33 Google reviews
26 Hamblynn Rd, Adelaide SA 5113
- 45
Edge Early Learning Strathalbyn - Braemar Dr
from 13 Google reviews
- 46
Walkley Heights Child Care Centre
from 13 Google reviews
- 47
Morphett Vale Early Learning Centre
from 30 Google reviews
- 48
Adelaide Early Learning - Athelstone
from 8 Google reviews
- 49
Bright Steps Academy Elizabeth East
from 12 Google reviews
- 50
Entrée Early Years Recruitment
from 12 Google reviews
Even Footing compared 205 childcare centres in South Australia, with 2,921 Google reviews between them. Of these, 205 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.9 from a median of 10 reviews.
Of the childcare centres compared, the most reviewed is Great Beginnings Gilles Plains, with 58 Google reviews at 4.5.
How this list is ranked
Businesses are ranked by their Google rating, pulled toward 4.5 as if each had 10 more reviews at 4.5, so five stars from four reviews does not beat 4.9 from four hundred. Ties go to the business with more reviews.
It does not measure price, speed or the quality of any one job, and it knows only the reviews people left on Google.
Questions
- Which childcare centres in South Australia are the most fairly rated?
- As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated childcare centres in South Australia on Even Footing are Gatehouse Montessori Preschool & Early Learning Centre (5.0 from 49 Google reviews), Goodstart Early Learning Gawler South (5.0 from 46 Google reviews) and Confident Kids Childcare & Early Learning Holden Hill (5.0 from 34 Google reviews).
- How does Even Footing rank childcare centres in South Australia?
- Businesses are ranked by their Google rating, pulled toward 4.5 as if each had 10 more reviews at 4.5, so five stars from four reviews does not beat 4.9 from four hundred. Ties go to the business with more reviews. It does not measure price, speed or the quality of any one job, and it knows only the reviews people left on Google.
- How many childcare centres in South Australia did Even Footing compare?
- Even Footing compared 205 childcare centres in South Australia, with 2,921 Google reviews between them. Of these, 205 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.9 from a median of 10 reviews.
- Can a business pay to be listed or to rank higher?
- No. Every business is ranked by the same published method, and no business can pay to be listed or to move up.