Play 'N' Around Early Learning Centre
48 Blaxland Drive, Illawong NSW 2234
Play 'N' Around Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Illawong NSW 2234, run by Freehan Pty Limited. It is approved for 28 children. It opens 8:00am to 5:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2026. It is one of 4 services in Illawong; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 28
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 21/11/2008
- Last assessed
- October 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 48 Blaxland Drive, Illawong NSW 2234
- 02 9543 8897
- playnaroundillawong.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 8:00am to 5:00pm
- Tuesday
- 8:00am to 5:00pm
- Wednesday
- 8:00am to 5:00pm
- Thursday
- 8:00am to 5:00pm
- Friday
- 8:00am to 5:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Play 'N' Around 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 (Oct 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentOct 2024 | PreviousJan 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | 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 Illawong
- Hobart Place Early Education Centre 40 places Long day care
- Tharawal Before and After School Care 90 places Outside school hours care
- Young Giants Illawong 45 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 Illawong
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,427
- Median age
- 44
- Household income /wk
- $2,778
- Median rent /wk
- $650
- Avg household size
- 3.1