Papilio Early Learning Bathurst
Unit 21/1 Wark Pde, Bathurst NSW 2795
Papilio Early Learning Bathurst is a long day care centre in Bathurst NSW 2795, run by Affinity Education Group Pty Limited. It is approved for 105 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2026. It is one of 17 services in Bathurst; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 105
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 18/01/2019
- Last assessed
- October 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Unit 21/1 Wark Pde, Bathurst NSW 2795
- 02 6332 9994
- affinityeducation.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Papilio Early Learning Bathurst 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 (Jan 2025)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJan 2025 | PreviousOct 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Working Towards | Exceeding |
| Overall | Working Towards | Exceeding |
Nearby in Bathurst
- Base OOSH Bathurst 45 places Outside school hours care
- Base OOSH Bathurst South 40 places Outside school hours care
- Assumption OSHC 79 places Outside school hours care
- Bathurst Family Day Care Places not listed Family day care
- Bathurst Little Learning Centre 38 places Long day care
- Cathedral OSHC 80 places Outside school hours 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 Bathurst
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,001
- Median age
- 41
- Household income /wk
- $1,209
- Median rent /wk
- $300
- Avg household size
- 1.9