Carinya Early Childhood Centre
20 Comerford Street, Cowra NSW 2794
Carinya Early Childhood Centre is a long day care centre in Cowra NSW 2794, run by Cowra Early Childhood Services Co-Operative Ltd. It is approved for 59 children. It opens 8:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed November 2025. It is one of 7 services in Cowra; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 59
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 23/02/2007
- Last assessed
- November 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 20 Comerford Street, Cowra NSW 2794
- 02 6342 2338
- 02 6341 2270
- carinyakids.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Carinya Early Childhood Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in New South Wales averaged $14.85 an hour in the June quarter 2026, before the Child Care Subsidy. Services report their current fees and vacancies on StartingBlocks.gov.au, or you can call and ask.
Rating history
- Previous
- Current (Oct 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentOct 2024 | PreviousJul 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Cowra
- Cowra Early Childhood Services OOSH 29 places Outside school hours care
- Cowra Family Day Care Places not listed Family day care
- Goodstart Early Learning Cowra 90 places Long day care
- Little Kindy Cowra 43 places Long day care
- North Cowra Children's Centre 75 places Long day care
- PCYC- Out Of School Hours Cowra 45 places Outside school hours care
Service details, ratings and hours: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Average fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026. Locations are suburb centres. Confirm fees, hours and vacancies with the service. About this data.
About Cowra
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 10,145
- Median age
- 46
- Household income /wk
- $1,107
- Median rent /wk
- $230
- Avg household size
- 2.3