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Banjo And Friends

A B Paterson College, 10 A B Paterson Drive, Arundel, QLD, 4214

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-40012501
Approved places
126
Approval granted
2019-08-22
Phone
0755614155
Last visit date
August 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Aug 2025

  • 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: Meeting NQS (Jan 2021)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: Yes
  • 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

Typical weekly hours

Monday07:00 - 18:00
Tuesday07:00 - 18:00
Wednesday07:00 - 18:00
Thursday07:00 - 18:00
Friday07:00 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The service is approved to provide education and care to a maximum of 87 children from 36 months up to and including over preschool age during school hours. This service is approved to provide education and care to a maximum of 126 children from 36 months up to and including school children before school, after school and during school holidays. The approved provider must at all times maintain, within the fenced area, sufficient unencumbered indoor and outdoor play space for the number of children from 36 months up to and including over preschool age. The approved provider must at all times ensure that the children from 36 months up to and including over preschool age must be educated and cared for in the fenced area unless they are on an outing on the school site or on an excursion. In addition to the prescribed information required to be displayed under section 172 of the Education and Care Services National Law and regulation 173 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations, the approved provider must display a map which clearly identifies the indoor and outdoor spaces on the school site approved by the school for use by the education and care service. This map is to be positioned so that is clearly visible to anyone from the main entrance to the education and care service premises.

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

Banjo And Friends 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 83–87 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)86
  • Arundel (7)85
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Arundel0%
  • 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
126
Nearby centres
82
Arundel
90
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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