Columba Cottage OSHC
3 Iona Avenue, Port Macquarie NSW 2444
Columba Cottage OSHC is an outside school hours care service in Port Macquarie NSW 2444, run by St Columba Anglican School Council Incorporated. It is approved for 250 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed July 2026. It is one of 26 services in Port Macquarie; 9 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 250
- Service type
- Outside school hours care
- Approved since
- 21/03/2016
- Last assessed
- July 2026
Services offered
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 3 Iona Avenue, Port Macquarie NSW 2444
- 02 6581 4433
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Columba Cottage OSHC sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Outside school hours care in Australia averaged $10.05 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 (Jul 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJul 2024 | PreviousMar 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Port Macquarie
- Active OOSH Hastings 90 places Outside school hours care
- Active OOSH Port Macquarie 84 places Outside school hours care
- Active OOSH Tacking Point 115 places Outside school hours care
- Active OOSH Westport 60 places Outside school hours care
- Bangalay Child Care & Education Centre 130 places Long day care
- Blooming Kids Early Learning & Long Day Care Centre 59 places Long day 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 Port Macquarie
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 47,693
- Median age
- 48
- Household income /wk
- $1,282
- Median rent /wk
- $380
- Avg household size
- 2.2