Childcare

[Richard burns]

Hi has anyone got any info about schools and nursery.

how much does nursery cost per day roughly?

also do schools do a morning club or after school club etc? If so how much and what times do they run?

 

rich

[Curly]

Hi 

A lot of schools offer outside school hours care (OSHC) which is really reasonable. 

The cost depends on how much you earn as when you sign up to Centrelink and you are on a permanent visa you get subsidies to help cover the costs. 

We use it for our daughter for after school and we pay roughly $9-10 for her after subsidies. I’m not sure what it is before school but I imagine it would be similar. My daughter goes straight there after school and they stay there until 6pm if required. 

This service is generally available in the school holidays too which is very handy and they carry out lots of activities for the kids. 

We roughly pay around $22 for the day which is really good and our daughter actually enjoys going there to see friends and the activities are quite fun for them. 

Thanks

[llessur]

Childcare tends to cost around $100 per day (in Adelaide at least), with a subsidy being provided by Centrelink if you are eligible. The subsidy will be between 20% and 85% and is related to your family income as per this link:

https://www.education.gov.au/child-care-subsidy-combined-annual-family-income