Rainbow East Ballina OOSHC
Southern Cross Public School, 30 Chickiba Dr, East Ballina NSW 2478
Rainbow East Ballina OOSHC is an outside school hours care service in East Ballina NSW 2478, run by THE RAINBOW CHILDRENS CENTRE INC. It is approved for 60 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed October 2026.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 60
- Service type
- Outside school hours care
- Approved since
- 18/12/2013
- Last assessed
- October 2026
Services offered
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- Southern Cross Public School, 30 Chickiba Dr, East Ballina NSW 2478
- 02 6686 6621
- 02 6686 6267
- rainbow.nsw.edu.au
Fees and vacancies
Rainbow East Ballina OOSHC 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 (Jun 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJun 2025 | PreviousAug 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 East Ballina
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 5,882
- Median age
- 48
- Household income /wk
- $1,554
- Median rent /wk
- $460
- Avg household size
- 2.3