River Cottage Preschool and Early Education Centre
55 Commercial Road, Murwillumbah NSW 2484
River Cottage Preschool and Early Education Centre is a long day care centre in Murwillumbah NSW 2484, run by SHAKEN ENTERPRISE PTY LTD. It is approved for 72 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed September 2025. It is one of 7 services in Murwillumbah; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 72
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 10/02/2017
- Last assessed
- September 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 55 Commercial Road, Murwillumbah NSW 2484
- 02 6672 5599
- rivercottagepreschool.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
River Cottage Preschool and Early Education 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 | PreviousAug 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Murwillumbah
- Guardian Childcare & Education Murwillumbah 110 places Long day care
- Joeys Pouch Early Years Educational and Preschool Centre Inc 39 places Long day care
- Mt St Patrick Out of School Hours Care 40 places Outside school hours care
- Rosellas Community Preschool 51 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Tabatinga OOSH - Murwillumbah 55 places Outside school hours care
- Uniting Preschool Murwillumbah 24 places Preschool / kindergarten
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 Murwillumbah
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,616
- Median age
- 46
- Household income /wk
- $1,147
- Median rent /wk
- $346
- Avg household size
- 2.4