Seashells Early Learning Centre
25 Paradise Drive, Smiths Lake NSW 2428
Seashells Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Smiths Lake NSW 2428, run by GROW HAPPY EDUCATION PTY LTD. It is approved for 44 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed March 2026.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 44
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 04/11/2006
- Last assessed
- March 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 25 Paradise Drive, Smiths Lake NSW 2428
- 02 6554 4397
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
Seashells 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 (Jul 2025)
Rating changed from Meeting to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJul 2025 | PreviousFeb 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Working Towards | Meeting |
| Overall | Working Towards | 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 Smiths Lake
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 1,332
- Median age
- 49
- Household income /wk
- $1,210
- Median rent /wk
- $380
- Avg household size
- 2.3