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Mount Gambier Child Care Centre Inc

3 Derrington Street, Mount Gambier, SA, 5290

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-00010678
Approved places
80
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
(08) 8725 1133
Last visit date
February 2026

NQS ratings

Issued May 2025

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceWorking Towards 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 (Aug 2017)

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

School terms, session 1

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

School terms, session 2

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

Holiday care

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

An educational leader or diploma qualified educator must be in attendance on all days an early childhood teacher is not on site for the duration of the waiver. The risk mitigation strategies identified in the risk assessment must be fully implemented, and evidence of implementation must be maintained. The service must not exceed daily attendance of 59 children until an early childhood teacher or suitably qualified person is appointed, or while the waiver for Regulation 132(1) remains in effect.

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

Mount Gambier Child Care Centre Inc against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

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

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–87 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Mount Gambier11.1%
  • 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
80
Nearby centres
75
Mount Gambier
69
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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