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Marlin Coast Family Day Care

1/8 Maisel Close, Smithfield, QLD, 4878

Meeting NQSFamily Day CareOperating
Provider
Marlin Coast Family Day Care Association INC.
Approval number
SE-00000807
Approved places
Not available
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
07 4057 9977
Last visit date
September 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Nov 2021

  • 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: Exceeding NQS (Sep 2014)

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): No
  • Outside school hours care (before school): No
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
  • Other: No

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday08:00 - 16:00
Tuesday08:00 - 16:00
Wednesday08:00 - 16:00
Thursday08:00 - 16:00
Friday08:00 - 16:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

It is a condition of this service approval that the Approved Provider: - Must employ or engage at least 1 full time equivalent family day care coordinator for every 15 family day care educators engaged or registered with the family day care service; and - Must not engage or register more than 36 family day care educators.

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

Marlin Coast Family Day Care 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 80–86 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Smithfield0%
  • 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
NA
Nearby centres
88
Smithfield
89
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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