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Bowen Out Of School Hours Care

Bowen Special ED School, 27 Poole St, Bowen, QLD, 4805

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Bowen AND District Child Care Association INC
Approval number
SE-40017841
Approved places
60
Approval granted
2020-04-07
Phone
0747863400
Last visit date
February 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Apr 2024

  • 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 (Sep 2021)

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

Monday14:45 - 18:00
Tuesday14:45 - 18:00
Wednesday14:45 - 18:00
Thursday14:45 - 18:00
Friday14:45 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday06:00 - 08:30
Tuesday06:00 - 08:30
Wednesday06:00 - 08:30
Thursday06:00 - 08:30
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

Monday06:30 - 18:00
Tuesday06:30 - 18:00
Wednesday06:30 - 18:00
Thursday06:30 - 18:00
Friday06:30 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children over preschool age up to and including school children, before school, after school and during school holidays.

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 Out Of School Hours 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 80–86 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (6)81
  • Bowen (7)82
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting 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
60
Nearby centres
56
Bowen
57
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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