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Mother Duck Childcare And Kindergarten Gaythorne

23 Heliopolis Parade, Mitchelton, QLD, 4053

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Kthorne PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-00000397
Approved places
110
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0738551090
Last visit date
March 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Nov 2023

  • OverallExceeding NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyExceeding NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsExceeding NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Apr 2015)

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

Monday06:30 - 18:00
Tuesday06:30 - 18:00
Wednesday06:30 - 18:00
Thursday06:30 - 18:00
Friday06:30 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including school children.

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

Mother Duck Childcare And Kindergarten Gaythorne against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+10)
  • Above suburb average (+9)
  • Above state average (+10)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 80–97 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Mitchelton11.1%
  • 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
110
Nearby centres
86
Mitchelton
89
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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