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Growing Thriving Childcare Businesses with Heart

Childcare Growth is a boutique childcare marketing agency that provides childcare marketing, brand, and business strategy support to some of Australia’s most successful childcare and education brands. 

To start growing your childcare or education business, book a consult today.

We provide childcare marketing services for:

Start-Up Childcare and Early Learning Centres

We take your unknown childcare business and transform it into a premium childcare brand with a highly engaged waiting list of families ready to enrol.

Small and Medium Childcare Groups

From boutique to rapidly growing childcare groups, we provide dynamic brand, marketing and business growth support to enhance in-house teams.

Schools & Education Services

Refresh and reposition your established school or education service through compelling brand stories that bring your mission, vision and values to life.

Let's Elevate Your Brand and Grow Your Business

Whether you’re a CEO, Business Development Manager, Head of Marketing, or a passionate Approved Provider, Childcare Growth can provide the brand, marketing, and business growth support you need to achieve your goals.

Working on a retainer or per-project basis, we work with clients to develop vibrant childcare brands that exude personality, implement transformative marketing strategies that are a blueprint for success, and provide the business growth support to overcome challenges restricting business growth and innovation.

We help clients connect with the heart of their childcare brand to attract and retain the ideal families and team for their services.

Our Childcare Marketing Services

Brand, Creative & Design

We create compelling childcare brands that  connect, attract, and convert their ideal customer. Every interaction families and educators have with your childcare service is branding.

Marketing Strategy

We work with childcare services to develop actionable annual marketing strategy plans that adapt to your childcare centre’s needs throughout the year to deliver consistent occupancy growth.

Website & Digital

We help childcare businesses stand out online so your service makes the shortlist for families searching for childcare. We specialise in Website Design, Google Business, SEO, Google Ads, Social Ads, and Social Media.

Business Growth

We offer two business growth programs. Our Start-Up Success Program is designed for new childcare services that want to build a premium brand and grow fast. Our Growth Accelerator Program is for established services looking to scale successfully.

ABOUT

Meet Our Director

Childcare marketing expert, mum of three, and business growth strategist with over a decade of experience in growing early education businesses. With an emphasis on developing long-term client relationships, Michaela couples a deep understanding of the early education sector with a genuine passion for building dynamic brands that propel childcare businesses to their next stage of growth.

Michaela Rath-May Childcare Growth

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Hear from our clients

Testimonials

“Michaela and the Childcare Growth Team have consistently exhibited exceptional professionalism, playing a pivotal role in achieving outstanding results for our business which consistently operates above 100% occupancy. Michaela’s meticulous attention to detail and her ability to relate information as if managing her own business instills a deep sense of trust. She guides us through various aspects of our business, from finance and boosting occupancy to social media strategy, staff recruitment, and more. Her advice is always aimed at maximising our profitability while maintaining the highest quality education and care. We eagerly look forward to continuing our journey with Michaela. Her straightforward, no-nonsense approach is highly effective—what she promises, she delivers, and then some.”

Fahrin and Hasan Zulfiqar

Approved Providers

“Our collaboration with Childcare Growth, and particularly with Michaela, has been a remarkable journey of professional growth and success. Her professionalism, combined with a keen sense of our business needs, was reflected in the swift and high-quality implementation of our strategic marketing plan. Michaela’s role was pivotal in refreshing our marketing materials but also in the strategic redesign and SEO optimisation of our website. Thanks to her expertise, we’ve seen a notable enhancement in our brand recognition and social media presence. This has been crucial in tackling two major challenges in our industry: elevating our recruitment brand and increasing occupancy levels. On behalf of our organisation, I extend our heartfelt gratitude to Michaela. Her work has been a game-changer.”

Claire Palmer

Business Development Manager

Not-for-Profit OSHC & Childcare Group

“Michaela from Childcare Growth has been an instrumental force behind the remarkable achievements and growth of Bright Steps Academy over the last two years. Her invaluable contribution, spanning a spectrum of expertise from innovative website design to comprehensive staff training, establishing a robust social media presence, event management, CRM expertise, and strategic communication, has been nothing short of transformative. Michaela’s exceptional ability to grasp our vision and convert it into tangible, actionable strategies underscores her remarkable commitment and industry-leading attention to detail. Her dedication to excellence, combined with a genuine enthusiasm for fostering development, marks her as an irreplaceable asset.”

Meena Bekhit

Approved Provider & COO

Childcare Growth Website Design Checklist

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The Childcare Growth Checklist for Auditing your Website

Wondering how your website stacks up against the competition? Unlock our insightful guide to review how well your brand story is conveyed through your website.

Found some areas to improve? We can help with that.

Start growing your childcare business and create a heartfelt brand you love.