ChildcareScout

First Steps Early Childhood Learning Centre

1 Steven Street, Atherton, QLD, 4883

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Vr Co Corporation PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-00001905
Approved places
80
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
07 4091 7757
Last visit date
February 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Nov 2024

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

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Jan 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): No
  • Outside school hours care (before school): No
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
  • Other: No

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday07:00 - 18:00
Tuesday07:00 - 18:00
Wednesday07:00 - 18:00
Thursday07:00 - 18:00
Friday07:00 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and 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

First Steps Early Childhood Learning 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 (-15)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 63–90 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (4)88
  • Atherton (5)84
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres25%
  • Atherton20%
  • 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
80
Nearby centres
78
Atherton
78
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

View suburb charts and all local services

Nearby services

All childcare in Atherton