Play Base Early Learning Centre
29 Mount Brown Rd, Dapto NSW 2530
Play Base Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Dapto NSW 2530, run by JF PETROU PTY LTD. It is approved for 28 children. It opens 7:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed April 2026. It is one of 19 services in Dapto; 8 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 28
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 17/05/2017
- Last assessed
- April 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 29 Mount Brown Rd, Dapto NSW 2530
- 02 4261 5218
- 02 4260 9662
- playbaseelc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Play Base Early Learning 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 (Jun 2026)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJun 2026 | PreviousJun 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Dapto
- Avondale Early Childhood Education Centre 63 places Long day care
- BFS Dapto Early Learning 46 places Long day care
- Dapto Montessori Academy 80 places Long day care
- BFS Lakelands OOSH 73 places Outside school hours care
- Goodstart Early Learning Dapto 76 places Long day care
- Grandma Rosie's Childcare Centre - Dapto 50 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 Dapto
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 10,954
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $1,475
- Median rent /wk
- $400
- Avg household size
- 2.5