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Little Kindy Penguin

33 Dial Road, Penguin, TAS, 7316

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Little Kindy PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-00009911
Approved places
45
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0364310387
Last visit date
July 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Feb 2024

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

Previous overall rating: Significant Improvement Required (Jul 2023)

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): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (before school): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): Yes
  • 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

The approved provider is required to adhere to the management plan and provide visit documentation and records to the Tasmanian Regulatory Authority within two weeks of each visit that demonstrates what has been monitored and outline any required remedial action.

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

Little Kindy Penguin against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-15)
  • Below suburb average (-7)
  • Below state average (-14)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–87 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (3)85
  • Penguin (2)78
  • TAS (243)84

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Penguin0%
  • TAS18.9%

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
45
Nearby centres
40
Penguin
52
TAS
61

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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