4 early childhood centres,
since 1991.
A small group of long-tenured early childhood centres across northern Sydney. Each centre is led by its own director, with its own team, educational approach and community. All Child Care Subsidy approved.
A small group of long-tenured
early childhood centres.
Eikoh Seminar Australia has been running early childhood centres across northern Sydney since 1991. Today we operate 4 centres, each small and independently led, all CCS-approved and working under the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Standard.
Each of our 4 centres is small and independently led, with its own director, character and community. What they share is a quiet, settled culture. Educators stay for years, sometimes decades. Families often have multiple children pass through. The directors know each other well and meet regularly to share what works.
Many of the people who lead our centres today started here in the rooms. Our Centres Manager joined Eikoh as an educator in 1996 and has been with us ever since, stepping into broader responsibility over time. Several of our directors have followed similar paths. That continuity is what families notice first, and what we work hardest to protect.
All 4 centres are Child Care Subsidy approved and operate under the Early Years Learning Framework and the National Quality Standard. Across the group, the thread running through everything is a belief that the best early childhood education comes from the relationship between an educator and a child, sustained over time, in a small enough community for that relationship to matter.
4 distinct centres,
across northern Sydney.
Each centre has its own character and approach. Long day care or preschool, traditional play-based or Reggio Emilia-inspired, small or larger. They share a common standard of care and long-tenured staff, while keeping their own director, educational approach and community.
Familiar educators and shared standards across our centres.
Families choose Eikoh centres for small, stable services backed by shared systems, sector support and a long-term commitment to early childhood education in northern Sydney.
Continuity for children
Each Eikoh centre has its own team of permanent and regular casual educators who know their centre's children, routines and approach. When extra cover is needed, familiar educators from sister centres in the group may help across, so children continue to see known faces.
Professional sector support
Our centres draw on recognised early childhood organisations and resources including the Australian Childcare Alliance, CELA and Early Childhood Australia, supporting ongoing learning and current professional practice.
Child safety and wellbeing
Our services work to the National Quality Standard and child-safe principles, with daily attention to active supervision, safe sleep and rest, allergy awareness, sun safety and children's wellbeing.
Each centre keeps its own character and long-standing leadership, while benefiting from the backup of a small group with shared standards.
Child safety, across all 4 centres.
Each Eikoh centre operates under its own director, but every centre meets the same group-wide standard for child safety. We hold ourselves to the National Quality Standard and the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations.
Working with Children Checks
Every educator, casual and contractor who works with children at any of our 4 centres holds a current NSW Working with Children Check. We verify each one before they start and track expiry through the Office of the Children's Guardian.
Active supervision
Across all 4 centres, educators position themselves to see and hear every child, count them at every transition, and never leave a child alone with one adult out of view. Ratios meet or exceed the legal minimum in every room.
Children are listened to
Children are taught they can speak up about anything that doesn't feel right, here or elsewhere. We take what they say seriously. If a concern is raised, we act quickly and follow our legal reporting obligations, including mandatory reporting and the NSW Reportable Conduct Scheme.
Photos and identity
We share children's learning with the people who matter most: their families. Daily photos and observations are shared privately through the OWNA app at each centre. We keep public images limited and strictly consent-based, and avoid using close-up, identifying photos of children on social media. Our children's faces are not marketing content, and their image, name, location, and daily routines deserve to be protected. Careful and considered photo sharing is an integral way we protect your child's safety.
If you have a concern, you can speak with the director of your child's centre, or contact us at admin@eikoh.nsw.edu.au. Our policies cover child protection, supervision, behaviour guidance and emergency procedures.
Practical resources for families.
Across all 4 centres, the questions families ask us are similar. We've put together a small library of practical resources covering Child Care Subsidy, fees, the things you actually need to know.
Child Care Subsidy
How CCS works, the 2026-27 rates, the income thresholds, the activity test, and how to claim. Plus the new 3-Day Guarantee from 2026.
Gap-fee calculator
Estimate what you'd actually pay out of pocket at each of our centres after CCS, based on your family income and days per week.
Fees and operating hours
Daily fees by room across all 4 centres, what's included, when each centre is open, and the closure dates for the coming year.
What age is childcare for?
Age groups, minimum age (6 weeks), the rooms by age band across our 4 centres, and when children move between rooms.
Documents and policies
Selected centre policies covering child safety, behaviour guidance, sleep and rest, food, immunisation and more. Available to families and prospective families.
Parent library
A reading list of articles, government resources and books that families have found helpful over the years. Curated, not exhaustive.
Blog
Practical articles on choosing care, the early years framework, school readiness, and the topics families most often ask us about.
Things parents often ask us.
Couldn't find your question? Get in touch or call us on 02 9487 5174.
Eikoh Seminar Australia Pty Ltd is the Australian subsidiary of Eikoh Inc. of Japan. We operate four early childhood education and care centres across northern Sydney: Normanhurst Child Care Centre, Roseville Kindergarten, St Ives Chase Kindergarten, and West Ryde Long Day Care Centre. The first of our centres opened in 1991.
Each centre has its own director, its own team, and its own educational approach. Roseville Kindergarten is a preschool for 3-6 year olds. St Ives Chase Kindergarten is a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool for 2.5-6 year olds. Normanhurst and West Ryde are long day care centres for children 6 weeks to 6 years. All 4 follow the Early Years Learning Framework and are Child Care Subsidy approved.
Yes. Each centre runs tours during the week. Book through the centre's individual website (links in the centres section above), or use the contact form and we'll send it to the right centre.
Eikoh Inc. is a Japanese education group founded in 1980 in Saitama, north of Tokyo. It joined Z-Kai Group in 2011. Our Australian centres reflect a long-term commitment to high-quality early childhood education across northern Sydney, drawing on Eikoh's wider experience in education while operating in line with NSW and Australian early childhood frameworks.
Each centre maintains its own enrolment process. Visit the individual centre's website to register interest, or use our central application page. Tours are encouraged before enrolment.
Choose a centre to visit.
Each centre runs its own tours. Pick the centre closest to you, or that best fits your child's age, and we'll take it from there.