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Kentish Early Learning Centre Tennant Creek

Cnr Memorial Drive and Thompson Street, Tennant Creek, NT, 0860

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Kentish Community Services LTD.
Approval number
SE-00002611
Approved places
50
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0889621128
Last visit date
April 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Oct 2025

  • 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 (Mar 2020)

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

Monday07:30 - 17:30
Tuesday07:30 - 17:30
Wednesday07:30 - 17:30
Thursday07:30 - 17:30
Friday07:30 - 17:30
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

Kentish Early Learning Centre Tennant Creek against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Above nearby average (+15)
  • Above suburb average (+8)
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–87 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Tennant Creek0%
  • NT7.3%

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
50
Nearby centres
62
Tennant Creek
56
NT
64

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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