The Essington OSHC
Chapman Road, Nightcliff NT 0810
The Essington OSHC is an outside school hours care service in Nightcliff NT 0810, run by The Essington School Darwin Limited. It is approved for 100 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed August 2025. It is one of 9 services in Nightcliff; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 100
- Service type
- Outside school hours care
- Approved since
- 07/05/2013
- Last assessed
- August 2025
Services offered
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- Chapman Road, Nightcliff NT 0810
- 08 8985 0140
Opening hours
- Monday
- 12:00-1730
- Tuesday
- 12:00-1730
- Wednesday
- 12:00-1730
- Thursday
- 12:00-1730
- Friday
- 12:00-1730
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
The Essington OSHC 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 (Jul 2022)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJul 2022 | PreviousJan 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Exceeding |
Nearby in Nightcliff
- Goodstart Early Learning Nightcliff 75 places Long day care
- Journey Early Learning Centre - Nightcliff 100 places Long day care
- Nightcliff Community Early Learning Centre 59 places Long day care
- Nightcliff Family Centre 80 places Long day care
- Nightcliff OSHC 90 places Outside school hours care
- Nightcliff Preschool 75 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 Nightcliff
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 3,884
- Median age
- 34
- Household income /wk
- $2,051
- Median rent /wk
- $350
- Avg household size
- 2.4