1
Playhouse Learning Center
from 31 Google reviews.
Local businesses, no chains · Updated October 2026
The childcare centres of Manly
As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated local childcare centres in Manly, NSW on Not a Chain, with chains left out, are Playhouse Learning Center (5.0 from 31 Google reviews), Treehouse Early Learning Manly (5.0 from 27 Google reviews) and Handprints Turramurra (5.0 from 23 Google reviews).
- Childcare Centres compared
- 30
- Google reviews
- 734
- Median rating
- 4.9
The childcare centres of Manly: the top 17
2
Treehouse Early Learning Manly
from 27 Google reviews.
3
Handprints Turramurra
from 23 Google reviews.
4
Nannies by Nature
from 20 Google reviews.
5
Playhouse Learning Center Warringah
from 14 Google reviews.
6
Balgowlah Early Learning
from 9 Google reviews.
7
Pine Street Kindergarten
from 9 Google reviews.
37 Pine St, Manly NSW 2095
8
Storybrooke Education | School of Early Learning
from 24 Google reviews.
9
Headland Montessori ELC
from 11 Google reviews.
33 N Head Scenic Dr, Manly NSW 2095
10
Giraffe Childcare Warringah
from 18 Google reviews.
11
Allambie Heights Play & Learn Family Day Care
from 6 Google reviews.
12
Reggio Emilia Dee Why
from 101 Google reviews.
13
Giraffe Early Learning Centre Balgowlah
from 15 Google reviews.
81 Griffiths St, Sydney NSW 2093
14
Little Zak's Academy Brookvale Childcare
from 84 Google reviews.
15
Kid City Kindergarten
from 5 Google reviews.
10 Alexander St, Sydney NSW 2095
16
Mother Duck Childcare and Kindergarten Manly
from 30 Google reviews.
17
Punchinello ELC Balgowlah
from 11 Google reviews.
Not a Chain compared 30 childcare centres in Manly, NSW, with 734 Google reviews between them. Of these, 17 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.9 from a median of 19 reviews.
Of the childcare centres compared, the most reviewed is Reggio Emilia Dee Why, with 101 Google reviews at 4.7.
How this list is ranked
Businesses are ranked as in the fairly rated method, but only those whose name and website each appear in no more than two places in Australia are listed, so chains and franchises are left out. Each needs at least five Google reviews.
A business that shares its name with unrelated businesses elsewhere can be left out by mistake, and being part of a chain says nothing about quality.
Questions
- Which local childcare centres in Manly, NSW, not chains, are the most fairly rated?
- As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated local childcare centres in Manly, NSW on Not a Chain, with chains left out, are Playhouse Learning Center (5.0 from 31 Google reviews), Treehouse Early Learning Manly (5.0 from 27 Google reviews) and Handprints Turramurra (5.0 from 23 Google reviews).
- How does Not a Chain rank childcare centres in Manly, NSW?
- Businesses are ranked as in the fairly rated method, but only those whose name and website each appear in no more than two places in Australia are listed, so chains and franchises are left out. Each needs at least five Google reviews. A business that shares its name with unrelated businesses elsewhere can be left out by mistake, and being part of a chain says nothing about quality.
- How many childcare centres in Manly, NSW did Not a Chain compare?
- Not a Chain compared 30 childcare centres in Manly, NSW, with 734 Google reviews between them. Of these, 17 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.9 from a median of 19 reviews.
- Can a business pay to be listed or to rank higher?
- No. Every business is ranked by the same published method, and no business can pay to be listed or to move up.