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Carma Playhouse

47 Helen Street, Mount Gambier, SA, 5290

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-00010220
Approved places
26
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0887249575
Last visit date
February 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Nov 2019

  • 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 2018)

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

Monday7:00 - 18:00
Tuesday7:00 - 18:00
Wednesday7:00 - 18:00
Thursday7:00 - 18:00
Friday7:00 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The service must have access to an educational leader working with the service for at least 20 per cent of the time the service provides education and care for the duration of the waiver The approved provider must take reasonable steps to recruit an early childhood teacher during the waiver period. The approved provider must notify the Regulatory Authority within 14 days if the waiver is no longer required.

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

Carma Playhouse 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 centres12.5%
  • Mount Gambier11.1%
  • SA20.7%

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
26
Nearby centres
77
Mount Gambier
69
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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