Stepping Stone Northfield Childcare & Early Development Centre
482-484 Grand Junction Road, Northfield SA 5085
Stepping Stone Northfield Childcare & Early Development Centre is a long day care centre in Northfield SA 5085, run by Stepping Stone (S.A.) Childcare & Early Development Centres Pty Ltd. It is approved for 90 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed June 2026. It is one of 3 services in Northfield; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 90
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- June 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 482-484 Grand Junction Road, Northfield SA 5085
- 08 8260 2888
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30-18:30
- Tuesday
- 6:30-18:30
- Wednesday
- 6:30-18:30
- Thursday
- 6:30-18:30
- Friday
- 6:30-18:30
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Stepping Stone Northfield Childcare & Early Development Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in South Australia averaged $14.10 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 (Jan 2025)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJan 2025 | PreviousMay 2015 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Exceeding |
| Overall | Meeting | Exceeding |
Nearby in Northfield
- Happy Haven OSHC Northfield 39 places Outside school hours care
- Northfield Child Parent Centre 45 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 Northfield
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 5,043
- Median age
- 35
- Household income /wk
- $1,420
- Median rent /wk
- $307
- Avg household size
- 2.6