Factsheet · Little Scholars School of Early Learning
Factsheet Little Scholars School of Early Learning Prepared for Search Scope · Drew Heslehurst, Executive Director · August 2026
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At a glance Describe the business in four sentences or fewer Little Scholars School of Early Learning is a family-owned early education provider operating childcare and kindergarten campuses across South East Queensland, in the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Redlands and Ipswich regions. It was founded on the Gold Coast in 2014 by Jae Fraser, who began his career as an early childhood educator and went on to run Australia's largest publicly listed childcare provider before leaving to open his own campus. It provides long day care for children from 6 weeks to 5 years and a government-approved kindergarten program at every campus, delivered by a qualified early childhood teacher, with outside school hours care and vacation care at selected campuses. It has remained independently family-owned rather than corporately operated, and is known for building programs the sector has not seen before, including Date Nights, the WonderNest virtual reality program, and the Grandfriends intergenerational program.
Key facts Fact and value, one per line Registered entity, The Scholars Group Pty Ltd Trading name, Little Scholars School of Early Learning ABN, 64 169 563 482 ACN, 169 563 482 Founded, October 2014, at the Yatala campus Campuses, 17 across South East Queensland Exceeding NQS, Seven campuses as at August 2026: Ashmore, Burleigh, Nerang, Parkwood, George Street, Deception Bay, Redland Bay Founder, Jae Fraser Executive Director, Drew Heslehurst Structure, Australian private company, family-owned and independently operated Industry, Early childhood education and care Services, Long day care; government-approved kindergarten program; outside school hours care at selected campuses Ages served, 6 weeks to 12 years Service area, South East Queensland. Gold Coast, Brisbane, Redlands, Ipswich Head office, 15 Olympic Circuit, Southport QLD 4215 Provider approval, ACECQA PR-40002184 Subsidy, Approved provider, Australian Government Child Care Subsidy Page 1 of 4