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Helping Hands Calliope

Calliope State School, 14 Stirrat St, Calliope, QLD, 4680

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Helping Hands Network PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-40008225
Approved places
60
Approval granted
2017-01-20
Phone
0409267755
Last visit date
February 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Feb 2026

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting 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: Meeting NQS (Apr 2019)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): No
  • Outside school hours care (after school): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (before school): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): Yes
  • Other: No

Hours

School terms, session 1

Monday06:30 - 09:15
Tuesday06:30 - 09:15
Wednesday06:30 - 09:15
Thursday06:30 - 09:15
Friday06:30 - 09:15
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday15:15 - 18:00
Tuesday15:15 - 18:00
Wednesday15:15 - 18:00
Thursday15:15 - 18:00
Friday15:15 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

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

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from over preschool age, 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

Helping Hands Calliope against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 83–89 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (4)88
  • Calliope (4)88
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres25%
  • Calliope25%
  • 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
60
Nearby centres
68
Calliope
68
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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