St John’s Outside School Hours Care, Footscray

Meeting Rated Oct 2025

Outside school hours care by MELBOURNE ARCHDIOCESE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS EARLY YEARS EDUCATION LTD

34 Essex Street, Footscray VIC 3011

St John’s Outside School Hours Care, Footscray is an outside school hours care service in Footscray VIC 3011, run by MELBOURNE ARCHDIOCESE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS EARLY YEARS EDUCATION LTD. It is approved for 46 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed August 2025. It is one of 17 services in Footscray; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.

Quick facts

Approved places: 46
Service type: Outside school hours care
Approved since: 23/04/2012
Last assessed: August 2025

Services offered

Before school care
After school care
Vacation care

Contact & location

34 Essex Street, Footscray VIC 3011
0493 136 462

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Fees and vacancies

St John’s Outside School Hours Care, Footscray 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.

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Rating history

Previous: Working Towards
Current (Oct 2025): Meeting

This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting

Quality area ratings

	CurrentOct 2025	PreviousJul 2022
QA1Educational program & practice	Meeting	Meeting
QA2Children's health & safety	Meeting	Working Towards
QA3Physical environment	Meeting	Meeting
QA4Staffing arrangements	Meeting	Meeting
QA5Relationships with children	Meeting	Meeting
QA6Partnerships with families & communities	Meeting	Meeting
QA7Governance & leadership	Meeting	Working Towards
Overall	Meeting	Working Towards

Nearby in Footscray

Angliss Children's Centre 68 places Meeting Long day care
Brenbeal Children's Centre 75 places Exceeding Long day care
Footscray PS TheirCare 75 places Meeting Outside school hours care
Kelly Club OSHC Footscray City Primary School 80 places Meeting Outside school hours care
Kool Beanz Bulldogs 90 places Not yet rated Long day care
Oz Education Footscray 50 places Meeting Long day care

See all in Footscray

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 Footscray

ABS Census 2021 data

Population: 17,131
Median age: 34
Household income /wk: $1,763
Median rent /wk: $355
Avg household size: 2.1