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After School & Holiday Care Mackay

43 Shakespeare Street, Mackay, QLD, 4740

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Mackay Children's Support Programs INC
Approval number
SE-00011337
Approved places
50
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0749511489
Last visit date
April 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Apr 2026

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (Mar 2024)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): No
  • Outside school hours care (after school): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (before school): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): Yes
  • Other: No

Hours

School terms, session 1

Monday06:00 - 08:45
Tuesday06:00 - 08:45
Wednesday06:00 - 08:45
Thursday06:00 - 08:45
Friday06:00 - 08:45
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday14:30 - 18:00
Tuesday14:30 - 18:00
Wednesday14:30 - 18:00
Thursday14:30 - 18:00
Friday14:30 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

Monday06:00 - 18:00
Tuesday06:00 - 18:00
Wednesday06:00 - 18:00
Thursday06:00 - 18:00
Friday06:00 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

An approved alternate solution relating to Performance Criteria 19 Combined play spaces within the MP5.4 - Child Care Centres of the Queensland Development Code (with a publication date of 16 November 2007) applies to this service. This service is approved to provide education and care to children from over preschool age, including school children.

Source: ACECQA National Registers

Official source record

How we use ACECQA data

Last imported 26 Aug 2026

Geocode: geonames-au-postcodes

Fees and vacancies: Not available from ACECQA — see the fees guide.

How this centre compares

After School & Holiday Care Mackay against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–86 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)85
  • Mackay (12)84
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Mackay8.3%
  • QLD14.1%

For this centre the chart marks whether its overall rating is Exceeding/Excellent; area rows show the share of services with those ratings.

Approved places

This centre
50
Nearby centres
57
Mackay
55
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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