Gumnut Cottage
17 University Avenue, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2113
Gumnut Cottage is a long day care centre in North Ryde NSW 2113, run by U@MQ Ltd. It is approved for 90 children. It opens 7:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed July 2025. It is one of 17 services in North Ryde; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 90
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 11/08/2008
- Last assessed
- July 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 17 University Avenue, Macquarie University, North Ryde NSW 2113
- 02 9850 7740
- gumnutcottage.org.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:30am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:30am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 7:30am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Gumnut Cottage 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 (Aug 2025)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentAug 2025 | PreviousJun 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in North Ryde
- 360 Early Education Epping Road 100 places Long day care
- 360 Early Education North Ryde 117 places Long day care
- Banksia Cottage 90 places Long day care
- Creative Learning Preschool and Child Care Centre 29 places Long day care
- Explore and Develop North Ryde Public School 71 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning North Ryde 53 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 North Ryde
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 14,043
- Median age
- 37
- Household income /wk
- $2,383
- Median rent /wk
- $520
- Avg household size
- 2.6