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Carol Murray Children's Centre

1 Dinning Terrace, Bordertown, SA, 5268

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Department For Education
Approval number
SE-00010221
Approved places
45
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0887521374
Last visit date
March 2026

NQS ratings

Issued May 2026

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyWorking Towards 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: Exceeding NQS (Oct 2017)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • 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

School terms, session 1

Monday08:15 - 15:45
Tuesday08:15 - 15:45
Wednesday08:15 - 15:45
Thursday08:15 - 15:45
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

Not available

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

Carol Murray Children's Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Below state average (-14)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–86 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (1)70
  • Bordertown (2)70
  • SA (1317)84

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Bordertown0%
  • 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
45
Nearby centres
72
Bordertown
59
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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