Goodstart Early Learning Albany Creek - The Boulevard

My baby was 7 months when started at the Boulevard and it was a very hard transition for me. However for him it was great, the nursery educators and all staff were very supportive, professional and kind. I am forever grateful for all of them and will always recommend them.

My toddler started here mid year.
He has just thrived and loves going.
The staff are all amazing. So friendly, encouraging, approachable, caring and the children love them.
The centre itself is inviting and fun while remaining safe and clean.
We feel so lucky to have become part of their family.

A fabulous centre! We were recommended to go to this centre when we moved into the area and absolutely love it!
The educators are fabulous and come up with lots of fun ways for the kids to learn by doing.
We will be sad to go at this end of this year when our baby starts big school!

I have one child currently attending this centre and two who previously attended. They have all had positive experiences and formed lovely friendships. The educators and management are caring and easy to approach. They have worked alongside our family well and share regular photos and stories of activities that the children are engaged in.

To protect other children I would highly recommend not sending your child here, we have seem cctv footage of our child being physically hit in the face multiple times, and other videos of physical abuse not by just one staff member but multiple. They do not take this seriously and haven’t said that these staff members won’t be returning to this childcare. Which means more children could be hurt in the future. I am appalled by the lack or support & safety I thought our son would have in a childcare. At the end of the day our children should be safe and not hit in the face by adults who should be caring and nurturing them :(

Kid had been asking (since the day he joined till the day we pulled him out) why they've never stuck his name and photo onto their 'communications pocket' (the ones they hang on the wall, where they put notes for parents)...it made him feel like he didn't belong in the class/Centre. He had noticed, and he'd bring it to our attention each morning we dropped him off. This was despite the kid's mum reminding the staff a few times. It's true that he only attended a few days in the week, but he still should've had one (especially if his mum had already asked for it). Is it so hard to put a photo and name on a pocket?

Made to feel like they didn't care.

This and a few other stuff too.

Even the kid didn't feel sad when we told him we were sending him somewhere else. That actually says something.

There are only two of the staff we feel worth mentioning positively here, and they'd always try to bring our kids out to the side fence in the yard to wave goodbye to us, as we parents drove away from the car park in the morning. This always made our kids' day, just with that little extra effort.

The rest of the staff...sigh...

If your child has an allergy I don't recommend this center. My child had an Anaphylactic shock which is life-threatening at the center and all they did was administer medication for itching. They rang me and said my child is upset. When I arrived at the center my child was not responsive and they said they thought my child was sleepy. I am really concerned about why no one could identify the symptoms of Anaphylaxis when they all should be trained for it.