Shamrock Hill Early Learning and Long Day Care Centre
19 Galway Bay Drive, Ashtonfield NSW 2323
Shamrock Hill Early Learning and Long Day Care Centre is a long day care centre in Ashtonfield NSW 2323, run by Maitland Child Care Centre Inc. It is approved for 46 children. It opens 7:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed June 2026. It is one of 5 services in Ashtonfield; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 46
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 19/07/2009
- Last assessed
- June 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 19 Galway Bay Drive, Ashtonfield NSW 2323
- 02 4933 8632
- 02 4934 7077
- shamrockhillelc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:30am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Shamrock Hill Early Learning and Long Day Care 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 (May 2024)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMay 2024 | PreviousNov 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Ashtonfield
- Camp Australia - Ashtonfield Public School OSHC 105 places Outside school hours care
- Hunter Valley Grammar School Early Learning Centre 60 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Kindy Patch Ashtonfield 51 places Long day care
- TeamKids - Hunter Valley Grammar 120 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 Ashtonfield
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 4,589
- Median age
- 39
- Household income /wk
- $2,148
- Median rent /wk
- $440
- Avg household size
- 2.8