Child Care Centres in Queenstown
Queenstown has 37 childcare centres, serving families around Ghim Moh, Holland Drive, Commonwealth, Tanglin Halt, Margaret Drive, Mei Chin, Queensway, Portsdown, Buona Vista, Dover, and nearby hubs such as Singapore Polytechnic, National University, Kent Ridge, Pasir Panjang, and Pasir Panjang II.
Among these, 8 centres are run by Anchor Operators such as My First Skool and E-Bridge Pre-school, while 8 centres are managed by Partner Operators including Star Learners and Little Footprints Preschool.
In Queenstown, full-day childcare fees typically range from $610 to $2,570 per month (before subsidies). Browse the list below to compare fees across centres and shortlist the most suitable option for your family.
Compare Full Day Child Care Fees in Queenstown
| Preschools | Monthly School Fee |
| LUTHER PRESCHOOL | 1,050 |
| SEEDLINGS MONTESSORI ALEXANDRA | 1,128 |
| ESHKOL VALLEY @ PPCC | 1,380 |
| Little Kinder Montessori @ Kent Ridge | 1,500 |
| LITTLE PADDINGTON PRESCHOOL STIRLING | 1,750 |
| LITTLE PADDINGTON PRESCHOOL WINCHESTER | 1,800 |
| MapleBear Playhouse | 1,860 |
| MapleBear Educare | 1,880 |
| MAPLEBEAR THE ALPHA | 1,930 |
| Children's Cove Preschool | 1,980 |
| LITTLE PADDINGTON PRESCHOOL AND INFANT CARE KENT RIDGE | 2,000 |
| Mulberry Learning Centre @ Fusionpolis | 2,000 |
| THE SCHOOLHOUSE DOVER | 2,105 |
| The Gardner Bilingual Preschool | 2,115 |
| MapleBear Mediapolis | 2,180 |
| Mulberry Learning Centre @ ATP | 2,200 |
| BETWEEN TWO TREES PRESCHOOL | 2,220 |
| Lorna Whiston Winchester | 2,278 |
| MINDCHAMPS PRESCHOOL@FUSION | 2,570 |
| MINDCHAMPS PRESCHOOL @ MBC | 2,570 |
| MINDCHAMPS PRESCHOOL @ BUONA VISTA | 2,570 |
| MY FIRST SKOOL | 610 |
| MY WORLD PRESCHOOL | 610 |
| PCF SPARKLETOTS PRESCHOOL @ QUEENSTOWN BLK 78B | 610 |
| E-BRIDGE PRE-SCHOOL | 610 |
| PCF Sparkletots Preschool @ Queenstown Blk 30A (CC) | 610 |
| PCF SPARKLETOTS (QUEENSTOWN - MEI LING) | 610 |
| PCF SPARKLETOTS TANGLIN-CAIRNHILL (BLK 59) | 610 |
| PCF SPARKLETOTS PRESCHOOL @ QUEENSTOWN BLK 53A (CC) | 610 |
| Little Seeds Preschool | 650 |
| THE LITTLE SKOOL-HOUSE INTERNATIONAL | 650 |
| Learning Vision Harbourlink Innohub | 650 |
| STAR LEARNERS @ ONE-NORTH | 650 |
| Small Wonder Preschool Queenstown | 650 |
| Small Wonder Preschool Buona Vista | 650 |
| AGAPE LITTLE UNI. | 650 |
| THE LITTLE SKOOL-HOUSE INTERNATIONAL | 650 |
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Child Care Centres in Queenstown | Best Preschools in Queenstown
1(a). What is the Anchor Operator (AOP) scheme?
Answer: It is a scheme by government to provide funding to selected preschool operators to increase access to good quality and affordable early childhood care and education. The selected child care operators will receive funding from government to keep a monthly fee cap of $610 & $1,235 for full-day child care & full-day infant care respectively.
Currently, there as 5 anchor operators which are PCF SPARKLETOTS PRESCHOOL, MY FIRST SKOOL, MY WORLD PRESCHOOL, SKOOL4KIDZ and E-BRIDGE PRE-SCHOOL.
1(b). What is the Partner Operator (POP) scheme?
Answer: This scheme supports selected preschool operators to improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of child care and infant care. Under this scheme, selected preschools are to keep a monthly school fee cap of $650 and $1,290 for full day child care and infant care respectively.
Currently, there are 380 preschools under this scheme.
2. Basic Subsidy For Child Care
| Service Type |
Monthly subsidy for working mother or single fathers |
Subsidy for Non-working mother/single father |
| Full-day child care |
$300 |
$150 |
Table: Child Care Subsidy
3. Additional Subsidy for Child Care and Infant Care
This is available to applicants for Singapore Citizen children who are working and whose monthly household income is less than $12,000. Please check Child care and infant care subsidy for more details.
4. Start-Up Grant
This is for low-income families with difficult family circumstances. Applicants can use Start-Up Grant to pay for the initial costs of
enrolling their child into an infant or child care centre.
5. Review of Child Care Centre
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6. Child Care Centre Open House
Please visit Preschool Open House to find out latest open house or exclusive promotion from preschools.
7. What is the regulatory requirements governing staff-child ratios?
Answer: With effect from 1 Jan 2012, the following staff-child ratio will apply:
| Age of Children (Class Level) | Staff to Children Ratio (without para-educators/educarers) | Staff to Children Ratio
(with para-educators/educarers) |
| 18 – 30 mths (Playgroup) | 1 : 8 | 1 + 1 : 12 |
| 30 – 36 mths (Nursery 1) | 1 : 12 | 1 + 1 : 18 |
| 36 – 48 mths (Nursery 2) | 1 : 15 | 1 + 1 : 20 |
| 48 – 60 mths (Kindergarten 1) | 1 : 20 | 1 + 1 : 30 |
| 60 – 72 mths (Kindergarten 1) | 1 : 25 | 1 + 1 : 30 |