Platypus Junction Croydon

My son is three years old and has been in this centre for two and a half years. The educators in this centre are care about the kids. My boy especially like Malissa who is take care of him from nursery room to toddler room. She is always very positive and professional. The management team especially Katrina provides good atmosphere for the centre.

My son has been attending Platypus Junction Croydon for 4 years now. I am extremely impressed with the staff and the education he has received throughout the years. Nothing is ever too much of an effort and all staff and management have been extremely accommodating. I would definitely recommend this centre to any parent. Thanks for looking after my boy guys!

The staff here are amazing and care my girls very well. They welcome my girls everytime. The staff also came out the room to help them to settle in when they refused to go into the room in the first several days, because my girls had a bad experience at previous childcare.and now they go into the room with smile.They organize the activities quite well, also have underground car parking which is very convenient for parents.

I had high hopes for this centre after reading all of these reviews however I was beyond disappointed.It was clear that standards had dropped since it opened. It was not clean at all my child’s socks were brown after a one hour orientation. There were multiple cases of gastro, my child was coming home & vomiting often. Staff were run off their feet with too many babies and not enough staff so the nursery was chaos. No cuddles at drop off, it was put your baby on the floor, let them cry, leave and watch them be ignored by the staff. At drop offs I would have other people’s baby crawl on me crying and being ignored by staff while my baby was inconsolable. The communication was subpar, once a week maximum, no app, no updates on nappies, food, naps, bottles.We are now at a new centre with a smaller amount of babies and more staff in the room, with an app that gives us updates all day long and staff that our child loves and they love him. I realise now what a good childcare centre looks like and this is definitely not it.

I can not recommend Platypus Junction in Croydon highly enough! As a first time mum going back to work and leaving my son was a scary prospect but every single staff member I have come into contact with at Platypus Junction has gone above in beyond in making the whole transition as smooth and positive as possible! They have a big emphasis on creating a nurturing and calm environment for the kids and the brand new center is just beautiful!

I brought my daughter here after a terrible experience at another centre and now she looks forward to daycare 3 times a week. The teachers are genuinely caring and friendly, and take a real interest in my daughter and seem happy to be at their job! Best decision I made.

I have nothing but positive things to say about this centre and the staff that run it. Our 14 month old daughter loves it, she gets excited when we drop her off in the morning and comes home happy and exhausted from playing and socialising all day. I would not hesitate to recommend Platypus Junction to anybody who needs to place their child in care, our experience there has been excellent.

I have nothing but nice things to say about Platypus Junction Croydon! They go above and beyond for the care of the children. Everyday we are greeted with smiling, welcoming faces and my son always leaves extremely happy. I can't imagine sending my son to any other Childcare Centre and I honestly can't recommend them enough.

Sadly I've watched Platypus Junction decline over recent times. Some of the staff are lovely but they have a high staff turnover rate which tells a story including multiple centre directors in just 1 year.. They don't put in that little extra that other places do ie very little in the way of nature play/bush kinder/music program/excursions/incursions etc. Platypus Junction has just been sold to Guardian Education who hopefully will come and put in some improvements so it returns to being a caring centre like it once was.