Question 1

Who are the best childcare centres in Kingston?

Accepted Answer

As of October 2026, the 3 highest-ranked childcare centres in Kingston, TAS on the Starworks directory are Lady Gowrie Tasmania Bowen Road Education and Care Service (5.0 stars from 4 Google reviews), Lady Gowrie Tasmania Kingston Education and Care Service (5.0 stars from 2 Google reviews) and Kingston Beach Early Learning Centre (5.0 stars from 1 Google review). Every figure here is computed from Google review data that Starworks collects for childcare centres in Kingston, TAS, recalculated when this page rebuilds. Placement on this list cannot be bought.

Question 2

How many childcare centres does Starworks rank in Kingston?

Accepted Answer

Starworks ranks 19 childcare centres in Kingston, TAS, holding 135 Google reviews between them. Across the 19 the median rating is 4.6 stars from a median of 2 reviews. Of the 19, 12 are rated 4.5 or better. The most-reviewed carries 56 reviews, more than the top-ranked childcare centre holds, which is why rating alone does not set the order.

Question 3

What star rating should I expect from a good childcare centre in Kingston?

Accepted Answer

The median Google rating across the 19 childcare centres Starworks ranks in Kingston, TAS is 4.6 stars, and 12 of them sit at 4.5 or above. A rating at or near that median is ordinary for childcare centres in Kingston, TAS rather than a warning sign on its own, and a rating well above it only means much when enough reviews stand behind it.

Question 4

How many Google reviews does an established childcare centre in Kingston have?

Accepted Answer

The median childcare centre Starworks ranks in Kingston, TAS carries 2 Google reviews. The most-reviewed of them carries 56.

Question 5

How does Starworks rank childcare centres in Kingston?

Accepted Answer

Starworks gives every childcare centre in Kingston, TAS a reputation score out of 100 from three things: its Google star rating (up to 47 points), how many reviews back that rating (up to 35), and whether customers can reach it by website and phone number (up to 18). Review volume is the one part that can subtract: below 15 reviews it costs points, because a near-empty review record gives a stranger very little to go on. No score falls below 0 and placement cannot be bought. The score measures the strength of a business's public review record rather than the quality of its work, so it is worth reading the reviews as well, and every listing links to them on Google.

Question 6

Why does a childcare centre in Kingston with all 5-star reviews score lower than one with a lower rating?

Accepted Answer

Because review volume counts as well as rating, and below 15 reviews it counts against you. Five perfect reviews are encouraging but thin evidence; three hundred reviews averaging 4.7 tell a stranger far more about what to expect on the day. That is a judgement about how much proof exists, not about the quality of the work, and a newer childcare centre with a handful of excellent reviews may still be the right choice in Kingston, TAS. The star rating and review count sit next to every score so you can weigh both yourself.

Question 7

Why does the same childcare centre not appear several times on this list?

Accepted Answer

Some businesses run more than one Google listing, often one per suburb they service. Those are the same company, so Starworks groups them and shows the business once, using the listing with the strongest review record. That is why this page opens with 19 distinct childcare centres in Kingston, TAS rather than a longer list of repeats.

Question 8

How often is this list of childcare centres in Kingston updated?

Accepted Answer

This ranking of childcare centres in Kingston, TAS rebuilds on a 30-day cycle and prints the date of its last rebuild above the list, which for the current version is October 2026. Ratings and review counts are re-read from Google over time rather than on a fixed schedule, so an individual figure here can be older than the rebuild date.

Question 9

How can I improve my childcare centre business ranking in Kingston?

Accepted Answer

Collect genuine customer reviews consistently, and keep a working website and phone number on your Google listing, because those are the three inputs the score reads. There is no placement to buy on this page. For scale: the median childcare centre Starworks ranks in Kingston, TAS carries 2 Google reviews at 4.6 stars.

Best Childcare Centres in Kingston

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Top Childcare Centres in Kingston, TAS

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Lady Gowrie Tasmania Bowen Road Education and Care Service

Lady Gowrie Tasmania Kingston Education and Care Service

Kingston Beach Early Learning Centre

Kingston Early Learning Centre

Green Leaves Early Learning Bellerive

New Horizons Preschool Battery Point

Gumnut Long Day Care Centre

Gaia's Nest

Grasshoppers Play Centre

Goodstart Early Learning Blackmans Bay

Oakdowns Early Learning Centre

Ocean View Child Care Centre

View Street Children’s Centre

Lady Gowrie Tasmania University of Tasmania Child Care Centre

Adventure Patch - Head Office

Howrah Sunrise Early Learning Centre

Adventure Patch - Mountain View Child Care

Margate Children's Centre

Discovery Early Learning Centre & OSHC - Lauderdale

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