Alkira Early Learning Centre
1 Reads Rd, Wamberal NSW 2260
Alkira Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Wamberal NSW 2260, run by Reads Child Care and Preschool Pty Ltd. It is approved for 120 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed June 2026. It is one of 8 services in Wamberal; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 120
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 19/12/2014
- Last assessed
- June 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 1 Reads Rd, Wamberal NSW 2260
- 02 4384 9000
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Alkira 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 (May 2024)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMay 2024 | PreviousMar 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Wamberal
- Juniors at Wamberal 76 places Long day care
- Little Miracles Preschool & Long Day Care - Wamberal 80 places Long day care
- Milestones Early Learning Wamberal 88 places Long day care
- Sprout ELC Wamberal Pty Ltd 118 places Long day care
- Strawberry Fields Cottage Wamberal 50 places Long day care
- The Central Coast Montessori School 44 places Long day 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 Wamberal
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 6,991
- Median age
- 40
- Household income /wk
- $2,407
- Median rent /wk
- $500
- Avg household size
- 2.9