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Goodstart Early Learning Penfield

201 Argent Road, Penfield, SA, 5121

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Goodstart Early Learning LTD
Approval number
SE-00010422
Approved places
85
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
(08) 8284 7144
Last visit date
June 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Jul 2025

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceWorking Towards NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyWorking Towards NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenWorking Towards NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsWorking Towards NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipWorking Towards NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Mar 2016)

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

Monday6:30 - 18:30
Tuesday6:30 - 18:30
Wednesday6:30 - 18:30
Thursday6:30 - 18:30
Friday6:30 - 18:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The Approved Provider continues to actively recruit for suitably qualified educators to meet the requirements of regulation 126 while the waiver is in force.

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

Goodstart Early Learning Penfield against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

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

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–87 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (8)84
  • Penfield (1)70
  • SA (1317)84

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Penfield0%
  • 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
85
Nearby centres
83
Penfield
85
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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