Exploring Hub Early Leaning Centre (Balmoral Street)
35A Balmoral Street, Blacktown NSW 2148
Exploring Hub Early Leaning Centre (Balmoral Street) is a long day care centre in Blacktown NSW 2148, run by Exploring Hub ELC Pty Ltd. It is approved for 29 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2026. It is one of 39 services in Blacktown; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 29
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 25/08/2008
- Last assessed
- May 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 35A Balmoral Street, Blacktown NSW 2148
- 02 8605 9234
- exploringhub.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
Exploring Hub Early Leaning Centre (Balmoral Street) 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 (May 2024)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMay 2024 | PreviousApr 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Working Towards |
| Overall | Meeting | Working Towards |
Nearby in Blacktown
- Ambrose School Age Care, St Patrick's, Blacktown 90 places Outside school hours care
- Aurora Early Learning Centre 39 places Long day care
- Blacktown Montessori Academy 107 places Long day care
- Brighter Beginnings Early Education Blacktown Centre One - Turner Street Pty Ltd 39 places Long day care
- BRIGHTER BEGINNINGS EARLY EDUCATION BLACKTOWN CENTRE TWO-McCulloch ROAD PTY LTD 38 places Long day care
- Camp Australia - Lynwood Park Public School OSHC 50 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 Blacktown
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 50,961
- Median age
- 34
- Household income /wk
- $1,774
- Median rent /wk
- $400
- Avg household size
- 2.9