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Early Steps Child Care Centre

346 - 348 Montague Road, Para Vista, SA, 5093

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Early Steps Group PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-00010300
Approved places
95
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0882633933
Last visit date
April 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 2026

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceWorking Towards NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsWorking Towards NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenWorking Towards NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Dec 2017)

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

Hours

Typical weekly hours

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

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

Early Steps Child Care Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-17)
  • Below suburb average (-14)
  • Below state average (-14)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 63–90 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (8)88
  • Para Vista (6)84
  • SA (1317)84

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres25%
  • Para Vista16.7%
  • 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
95
Nearby centres
64
Para Vista
73
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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