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Bay Island Early Learning And Care

172 High Central Road, Macleay Island, QLD, 4184

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-00001967
Approved places
99
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
07 3409 4433
Last visit date
April 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 2021

  • 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 (Aug 2017)

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): No
  • Outside school hours care (before school): No
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
  • Other: No

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday06:45 - 16:45
Tuesday06:45 - 16:45
Wednesday06:45 - 16:45
Thursday06:45 - 16:45
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 1

Monday14:15 - 16:45
Tuesday14:15 - 16:45
Wednesday14:15 - 16:45
Thursday14:45 - 16:45
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday06:45 - 09:15
Tuesday06:45 - 09:15
Wednesday06:45 - 09:15
Thursday06:45 - 09:15
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

Monday06:45 - 16:45
Tuesday06:45 - 16:45
Wednesday06:45 - 16:45
Thursday06:45 - 16:45
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including school children. This service is approved to provide education and care to a maximum of 54 children from 15 months up to and including school children; OR, a maximum of 50 children from birth up to and including school children, in Building One, as referenced on the attached ‘Floor Plan A’. In Building TWO (the cove) as referenced on the attached Floor Plan B, this service is approved to provide education and care to no more than 45 children from 36 months including school age. Of these 45 children no more than 30 can be aged between 36 months and under school age.

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

Bay Island Early Learning And Care 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 83–86 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Macleay Island0%
  • 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
99
Nearby centres
78
Macleay Island
99
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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