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Barrier Reef Childcare

9 Charles Street, Cooktown, QLD, 4895

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Lady Gowrie Qld LTD
Approval number
SE-00001858
Approved places
37
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0740696440
Last visit date
July 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Nov 2022

  • 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 (Nov 2014)

Nature of care

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

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday07:30 - 17:30
Tuesday07:30 - 17:30
Wednesday07:30 - 17:30
Thursday07:30 - 17:30
Friday07:30 - 17:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from 15 months up to and 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

Barrier Reef Childcare against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Below nearby average (-10)
  • Below suburb average (-5)
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 81–97 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (1)95
  • Cooktown (2)90
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres100%
  • Cooktown50%
  • 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
37
Nearby centres
23
Cooktown
30
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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