BFS Kiama Downs Early Learning
Hughes Crescent, Kiama NSW 2533
BFS Kiama Downs Early Learning is a long day care centre in Kiama NSW 2533, run by BFS Children’s Services Ltd. It is approved for 56 children. It opens 7:30am to 5:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed December 2025. It is one of 8 services in Kiama; 4 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 56
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 18/01/2008
- Last assessed
- December 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Hughes Crescent, Kiama NSW 2533
- 02 4237 8633
- bigfatsmile.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Friday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
BFS Kiama Downs Early Learning 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 (Jul 2023)
This service improved from Meeting to Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJul 2023 | PreviousJul 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Exceeding | Meeting |
Nearby in Kiama
- CatholicCare OOSH- Ss Peter and Paul Kiama 44 places Outside school hours care
- Create Imagine Learn Kiama 24 places Long day care
- Dido Street Early Learning Centre 39 places Long day care
- Kiama Academy of Early Learning 28 places Long day care
- Kiama Preschool 40 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Kiama World of Learning 39 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 Kiama
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,904
- Median age
- 52
- Household income /wk
- $1,572
- Median rent /wk
- $478
- Avg household size
- 2.3