Newcastle TAFE Children's Centre
Hunter Institute Of Technology, Maitland Road, Tighes Hill NSW 2297
Newcastle TAFE Children's Centre is a long day care centre in Tighes Hill NSW 2297, run by Technical And Further Education Commission. It is approved for 40 children. It opens 8:00am to 5:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed November 2025. It is one of 2 services in Tighes Hill; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 40
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 29/11/2007
- Last assessed
- November 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Hunter Institute Of Technology, Maitland Road, Tighes Hill NSW 2297
- 02 7921 6907
- 02 4923 7829
Opening hours
- Monday
- 8:00am to 5:30pm
- Tuesday
- 8:00am to 5:30pm
- Wednesday
- 8:00am to 5:30pm
- Thursday
- 8:00am to 5:30pm
- Friday
- 8:00am to 5:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Newcastle TAFE Children's Centre 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 (Nov 2023)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentNov 2023 | PreviousNov 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
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 Tighes Hill
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 1,801
- Median age
- 36
- Household income /wk
- $2,084
- Median rent /wk
- $400
- Avg household size
- 2.4