Esteem Kids St Mary's Armidale

Meeting Rated Nov 2022

Outside school hours care by FAITHFUL VENTURES PTY LTD

156 Rusden St, Armidale NSW 2350

Esteem Kids St Mary's Armidale is an outside school hours care service in Armidale NSW 2350, run by FAITHFUL VENTURES PTY LTD. It is approved for 40 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2026. It is one of 20 services in Armidale; 5 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.

Quick facts

Approved places: 40
Service type: Outside school hours care
Approved since: 22/01/2020
Last assessed: October 2026

Services offered

After school care

Contact & location

156 Rusden St, Armidale NSW 2350
esteemkidsgroup.com.au

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Fees and vacancies

Esteem Kids St Mary's Armidale 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.

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Rating history

Previous: Working Towards
Current (Nov 2022): Meeting

This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting

Quality area ratings

	CurrentNov 2022	PreviousJun 2021
QA1Educational program & practice	Meeting	Working Towards
QA2Children's health & safety	Meeting	Working Towards
QA3Physical environment	Meeting	Meeting
QA4Staffing arrangements	Meeting	Meeting
QA5Relationships with children	Meeting	Meeting
QA6Partnerships with families & communities	Meeting	Meeting
QA7Governance & leadership	Meeting	Working Towards
Overall	Meeting	Working Towards

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Drummond Park Preschool 18 places Exceeding Preschool / kindergarten
Galloway Childrens Centre 39 places Meeting Long day care

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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 Armidale

ABS Census 2021 data

Population: 23,967
Median age: 36
Household income /wk: $1,432
Median rent /wk: $290
Avg household size: 2.3