About IECEC
Start your childcare business in Australia now WITHOUT obtaining your own Approved Provider License by partnering with IECEC, operating under our license while maintaining your own childcare brand.
Want to Buy, Lease or Build to Start a Childcare Centre?
First, Understand the Two Approvals
1. Provider Approval
Provider Approval is the approval that authorises a person or legal entity to operate approved childcare services.
No Approved Provider → the childcare service cannot legally operate as an approved education and care service.
2. Service Approval
Each individual childcare centre also requires its own Service Approval before it can operate as an approved education and care service.
Provider Approval
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Service Approval for the individual centre
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Childcare Center Starts Operation
New to the Childcare Industry?
If you are planning to:
- Buy an existing childcare centre
- Lease and operate a childcare centre from scratch
- Build a new childcare centre
- Invest in your first childcare business
IECEC works with prospective childcare owners and investors at different stages of their journey.
IECEC Approval Provider Services
New Childcare Operator / Investor — Buying Your First Centre
“I want to buy an existing childcare centre.”
Search for key terms like “childcare for sale in VIC” or “childcare business for sale” to find centres of interest.
Make an enquiry with the agents.
Agents will request your Approved Provider Licence before confirming your eligibility for inspection.
Contact IECEC — we support you with our Approved Provider Licence so agents can validate your eligibility and arrange inspections.
Partner with IECEC for expert step-by-step guidance through the purchase and transition into your first childcare business
New Childcare Operator / Investor — Leasing a Site (Leasehold)
“I want to lease a childcare centre under construction or newly completed.”
Search for “childcare leasing” opportunities.
Enquire with agents about approved capacity (licensed places), cost per place, and expected completion date.
Agents will ask for your Approved Provider Licence before sharing detailed leasing information.
Contact IECEC — we assist you with our licence so agents can provide leasing documentation.
While awaiting construction completion, IECEC partners with you to prepare every operational aspect — from equipment and childcare materials to staff recruitment, operational policies and procedure documents, centre curriculum, and marketing for new centre.
Childcare Developer / Investor — from Land to Building a New Centre (Freehold)
“I want to buy land and develop my own childcare centre.”
Search for “commercial properties” suitable for childcare use.
Enquire with agents to confirm whether the land qualifies for childcare development and request a feasibility report.
Consult a local town planner to check council restrictions and development conditions.
Contact IECEC — our consultants can work with you from the town-planning stage to construction and approval, supporting every step of your purpose-built childcare development.
All-in-One Childcare Business Support
IECEC works with prospective childcare owners, investors and business partners at different stages of their childcare journey.
From licensing and regulatory compliance through to governance, policies and procedures, staff recruitment, leadership development, professional development, educational programs, and day-to-day operations and management, IECEC provides an all-in-one support service for childcare businesses.
Whether you are buying your first childcare centre, establishing a new service, or growing an existing childcare business, speak with IECEC childcare business mentors about the support available for your individual circumstances.
One Team. One Point of Contact. All-in-One Childcare Support.
Childcare Daily Management and Operation Consultancy Services
Team Building
Team handover, team training, employment contracts, employee handbook
Policies & Procedures
98 guided childcare policies and procedures
Compliance
45 guided checklists, forms, records, registrations
NQS & SAT
Guided National Quality Standards and Self Assessment Tools
Communities
Communities and parents, stakeholders, partnerships
Financial Advise
Enrolment boost, website, Open day, curriculum, PD trainings, social media
Our Services
Governance and Leadership
A Practical Mentorship Path into the Childcare Industry
Starting, buying or operating a childcare centre involves much more than finding the right property or business.
IECEC provides all-in-one childcare entrepreneurs mentorship program to support prospective owners, investors and business partners, including:
- Licensing and regulatory support
- Compliance and governance
- Business acquisition and due diligence support
- Policies, procedures and operational systems
- Staff recruitment and workforce planning
- Leadership development and staff professional development
- Educational programs and quality improvement
- Day-to-day operational and management support
- Ongoing guidance as your childcare business grows
Whether you are buying an existing centre, establishing a new service, or expanding your childcare portfolio, IECEC can work with you from the early planning stage through to ongoing operation.
Every client’s circumstances are different. Contact IECEC for a professional mentorship discussion about your childcare plans and the support options available.
IECEC From Strategy to Delivery
Empowering Childcare Centres with Expert Business Consulting
Running a childcare centre means you never really clock off. Regulations, compliance audits, staff performance, safety checks, finances. The list keeps piling up, and suddenly there’s no time left for why you opened the centre: giving kids proper care and education.
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Childcare Enterpreneur Mentorship
INVESTOR | OWNER | OPERATORS
Why Partnership with IECEC.
- The service package aims to simplify the commercial, operational and compliance, legal and regulatory obligations of childcare administration and management
- Pre-purchase inspections, pre-purchase competitors analysis, offers and negotiations, pre-handover due diligence inspection, employment contracts and job descriptions, employee handbook, service transfer process under Department regulations
- Health and safety guidance and handbook, individualized daily operational guidance, Quality Improvement Plan templates and guidance, 45 daily compliance coaching and implementation, 98 policies and procedures package
Why Partnership with IECEC.
Team handover, team training, employment contracts, employee handbookThe service package aims to simplify the commercial, operational and compliance, legal and regulatory obligations of childcare administration and management
Pre-purchase inspections, pre-purchase competitors analysis, offers and negotiations, pre-handover due diligence inspection, employment contracts and job descriptions, employee handbook, service transfer process under Department regulations
Health and safety guidance and handbook, individualized daily operational guidance, Quality Improvement Plan templates and guidance, 45 daily compliance coaching and implementation, 98 policies and procedures package
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FAQs
A childcare business consultant helps providers (childcare owners) with planning, licensing, compliance, staffing, and operational management. At IECEC, we walk you through each stage to keep your centre running smoothly and meeting regulations.
Yes. We offer full start up guidance: feasibility assessments, business planning, licensing assistance, and operational setup. Everything new providers need to get their centres established.
This option lets you operate your childcare centre under IECEC's existing Provider Approval while you develop your business and gain experience managing operations. It's a supported path to running your own centre.
Yes. We provide ongoing consultancy for existing centres: compliance audits, staff training, leadership mentoring, and documentation updates. You don't need to start from scratch to work with us.
IECEC combines practical industry experience with a professional, results-oriented approach. Our consultants work closely with you to deliver reliable, compliant solutions tailored to your centre's needs, not cookie-cutter advice.