BFS Port Kembla Early Learning
Corner Church Street and Military Road, Port Kembla NSW 2505
BFS Port Kembla Early Learning is a long day care centre in Port Kembla NSW 2505, run by BFS Children’s Services Ltd. It is approved for 24 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2026. It is one of 5 services in Port Kembla; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 24
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 25/01/2007
- Last assessed
- May 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Corner Church Street and Military Road, Port Kembla NSW 2505
- 02 4274 6771
- 02 4274 6740
- bigfatsmile.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
BFS Port Kembla Early Learning 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 Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentNov 2023 | PreviousAug 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Port Kembla
- Base OOSH Kemblawarra 30 places Outside school hours care
- Base OOSH Port Kembla 54 places Outside school hours care
- Kemblawarra Public School Preschool 40 places Preschool / kindergarten
- BFS Warrawong Early Learning 40 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 Port Kembla
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 5,088
- Median age
- 42
- Household income /wk
- $1,308
- Median rent /wk
- $340
- Avg household size
- 2.4