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J J Mcmahon Memorial Kindergarten

16A Argyle Road, Kew, VIC, 3101

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Jj Mcmahon Memorial Kindergarten INC
Approval number
SE-00003269
Approved places
64
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0398173624
Last visit date
2026-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Oct 2025

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyWorking Towards 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: Exceeding NQS (Oct 2019)

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

School terms, session 1

Monday08:30 - 15:00
Tuesday09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday09:00 - 15:00
Thursday09:00 - 16:00
Friday09:00 - 15:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday08:30 - 16:00
Tuesday09:00 - 15:00
Wednesday08:30 - 16:00
Thursday09:00 - 15:00
Friday08:30 - 16:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The qualified educator must be replaced by an educator to maintain required educator to child ratios. The qualified educator on lunch break must remain on the premises of the service and be directly and immediately available to care for children as the need arises. The service waiver only applies during the lunch break period.

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

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

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-16)
  • Below suburb average (-19)
  • Below state average (-16)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 63–91 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (8)86
  • Kew (23)89
  • VIC (5017)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres37.5%
  • Kew52.2%
  • VIC21%

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
64
Nearby centres
51
Kew
57
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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