Early Start Programs Competitors

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Explore & Develop is a unique organisation in the early childhood and care sector in Australia. We are a group of individually owned and operated early childhood education and care services located across NSW and ACT. Our services are owned and operated by early childhood professionals who are passionate about giving children the best start in life. As a franchise organisation, families and employees enjoy the benefit of a locally-run service and a direct relationship with the Owner/Approved Provider – as well as the support of many decades of early childhood experience, professional training and resources from the group. We only welcome new owners to the group who demonstrate a sincere passion for the early childhood sector. All of our service owners work onsite in their services. Our franchise business model enables people with a passion to manage, develop and support a team of highly qualified educators to provide high quality early education and care services to children and families in their community. All of our franchisees are encouraged to create their own learning environments for children that are aligned with our values of Ethical, Collaboration and Excellence, and meet the specific needs of their local community. As part of the Explore & Develop group, our franchisees are supported by our highly experienced, professional management and operations teams who uphold and contribute to the values and philosophy of the business. They provide ongoing professional and personal development, training, support and guidance in all operational, legislation and procedural aspects of the business. Having the support of our team means that Explore & Develop franchisees are able to focus on guiding their teams and fulfilling the needs of the child

Imagine Early Learning & Childcare is a small network of family-owned and operated child care centres in Newcastle. We have been setting the benchmark for high-quality early childhood education and child care in Newcastle for the past 26 years. Our 6 daycare centres in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie are purpose-built and architecturally designed to optimise care and learning for children from birth through to school age. Our environments abound with natural elements for nature-based play and learning opportunities, both inside and out.