Echidna Early Learning Centre 3
53 Yalwal Rd, West Nowra NSW 2541
Echidna Early Learning Centre 3 is an outside school hours care service in West Nowra NSW 2541, run by Jackton Enterprises Pty Ltd ATF the LHW Trust and Barton LMW Pty Ltd ATF the Walton Family Trust. It is approved for 30 children. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed April 2026. It is one of 3 services in West Nowra; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 30
- Service type
- Outside school hours care
- Approved since
- 31/03/2017
- Last assessed
- April 2026
Services offered
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 53 Yalwal Rd, West Nowra NSW 2541
- 02 4422 0800
- echidnaelc.com.au
Fees and vacancies
Echidna Early Learning Centre 3 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 (Apr 2023)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentApr 2023 | PreviousDec 2017 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in West Nowra
- Echidna Early Learning Centre 1 68 places Long day care
- Echidna Early Learning Centre 2 40 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 West Nowra
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 1,504
- Median age
- 33
- Household income /wk
- $1,493
- Median rent /wk
- $350
- Avg household size
- 2.5