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Mcritchie Crescent Children's Services Centre

55 McRitchie Crescent, Whyalla Stuart, SA, 5608

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Department For Education
Approval number
SE-00010622
Approved places
45
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0886493535
Last visit date
September 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Nov 2016

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

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

Monday09:00 - 15:00
Tuesday09:00 - 15:00
Wednesday09:00 - 15:00
Thursday09:00 - 15:00
FridayNot available
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

Mcritchie Crescent Children's Services Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Above nearby average (+5)
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 78–86 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Whyalla Stuart0%
  • SA20.7%

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
53
Whyalla Stuart
50
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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