Mary Valley Childcare Smarty Pants

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 (Aug 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

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from 15 months up to and including school children It is a condition of the temporary waiver that the approved provider must provide evidence to the Regulatory Authority on the first Monday of each month of attempts to recruit a suitably qualified Early Childhood Teacher, for the duration of this waiver period. This evidence must include, but is not limited to: - strategies implemented to attract, upskill, and retain staff. - evidence of broader recruitment, such as dated advertising; and - outcomes of recruitment efforts across a range of platforms and methods.