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Bowen Childcare And Early Education

65 Williams Street, Bowen, QLD, 4805

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Bowen AND District Child Care Association INC
Approval number
SE-00000028
Approved places
63
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0747863400
Last visit date
March 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Sep 2025

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceWorking Towards 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 leadershipWorking Towards NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Apr 2020)

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

Hours

Typical weekly hours

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

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth 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

Bowen Childcare And Early Education against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-14)
  • Below suburb average (-12)
  • Below state average (-15)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–87 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (6)84
  • Bowen (7)82
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres16.7%
  • Bowen14.3%
  • 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
63
Nearby centres
55
Bowen
57
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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