KU Starting Points Early Intervention Preschool
Briar Cottage Kindergarten, 14 Waterhouse Place, Airds NSW 2560
KU Starting Points Early Intervention Preschool is a long day care centre in Airds NSW 2560, run by KU Children's Services. It is approved for 26 children. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed December 2025. It is one of 6 services in Airds; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 26
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 22/10/2007
- Last assessed
- December 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Briar Cottage Kindergarten, 14 Waterhouse Place, Airds NSW 2560
- 02 4620 0091
- 02 9264 7341
- ku.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 9:00am to 1:00pm
- Wednesday
- 9:00am to 1:00pm
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
KU Starting Points Early Intervention Preschool 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)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJul 2023 | PreviousMar 2017 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | 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 Airds
- Amarina Early Learning Centre 40 places Long day care
- Briar Road Public School TheirCare 40 places Outside school hours care
- John Warby Public School Preschool 40 places Preschool / kindergarten
- John Warby Public School TheirCare 24 places Outside school hours care
- KU - Briar Cottage Preschool 35 places Preschool / kindergarten
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 Airds
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 3,265
- Median age
- 29
- Household income /wk
- $944
- Median rent /wk
- $220
- Avg household size
- 2.9