Northwest Community Childcare @ John Palmer
John Palmer School, 85 The Ponds Blvd, The Ponds NSW 2769
Northwest Community Childcare @ John Palmer is an outside school hours care service in The Ponds NSW 2769, run by Northwest Community Ministries Pty Ltd as Trustee for Northwest Community Trust. It is approved for 197 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2026. It is one of 6 services in The Ponds; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 197
- Service type
- Outside school hours care
- Approved since
- 20/06/2013
- Last assessed
- May 2026
Services offered
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- John Palmer School, 85 The Ponds Blvd, The Ponds NSW 2769
- 02 8678 0279
- cricket-dogfish-mw3a.squarespace.com
Fees and vacancies
Northwest Community Childcare @ John Palmer sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Outside school hours care in Australia averaged $10.05 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 (Dec 2023)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentDec 2023 | PreviousJun 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in The Ponds
- Just For Kids - The Ponds 72 places Long day care
- Northwest Community Childcare @ Riverbank 477 places Outside school hours care
- The Ponds Early Learning Centre 40 places Long day care
- Tiny-Tots Learning 39 places Long day care
- Young Academics Early Learning Centre, The Ponds 43 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 The Ponds
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 16,315
- Median age
- 35
- Household income /wk
- $3,285
- Median rent /wk
- $643
- Avg household size
- 3.5