Early Stars Childcare Centre
110 Mcfarlane Drive, Minchinbury NSW 2770
Early Stars Childcare Centre is a long day care centre in Minchinbury NSW 2770, run by Pankti Shah and Zubin Patel. It is approved for 20 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed March 2026. It is one of 7 services in Minchinbury; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 20
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 05/04/2008
- Last assessed
- March 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 110 Mcfarlane Drive, Minchinbury NSW 2770
- 02 9677 2176
- 02 9675 7930
- earlystars.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Early Stars Childcare 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 (Mar 2025)
Rating changed from Meeting to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMar 2025 | PreviousMar 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Working Towards | Meeting |
| Overall | Working Towards | Meeting |
Nearby in Minchinbury
- Bright Stars Montessori Preschool (Minchinbury) 90 places Long day care
- Camp Australia - Minchinbury Public School OSHC 47 places Outside school hours care
- Kids' Early Learning Blacktown City Minchinbury 40 places Long day care
- Minchinbury Early Learning Centre 27 places Long day care
- Mighty Minds Minchinbury Early Learning Centre 46 places Long day care
- St Anthony's Early Learning Centre 75 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 Minchinbury
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 5,778
- Median age
- 35
- Household income /wk
- $2,208
- Median rent /wk
- $450
- Avg household size
- 3.3