ChildcareScout

Cooktown Kindergarten

15 Charles Street, Cooktown, QLD, 4895

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Cooktown Kindergarten Association INC
Approval number
SE-40000675
Approved places
23
Approval granted
2013-03-01
Phone
0740695182
Last visit date
July 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 2023

  • OverallExceeding NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyExceeding NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Dec 2014)

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

Typical weekly hours

Monday07:45 - 15:55
Tuesday07:45 - 15:55
Wednesday07:45 - 15:55
Thursday07:45 - 15:55
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from 36 months to over preschool age, not 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

Cooktown Kindergarten against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+10)
  • Above suburb average (+5)
  • Above state average (+10)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 81–97 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (1)85
  • Cooktown (2)90
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Cooktown50%
  • 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
23
Nearby centres
37
Cooktown
30
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

View suburb charts and all local services

Nearby services

All childcare in Cooktown