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Penola Outside School Hours Care

Mckay Children's Centre, 7 Scott Street, Penola, SA, 5277

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Mckay Children's Centre INC
Approval number
SE-00010785
Approved places
24
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0887372535
Last visit date
February 2024

NQS ratings

Issued Feb 2024

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

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday15:10 - 17:30
Tuesday15:10 - 17:30
Wednesday15:10 - 17:30
Thursday15:10 - 17:30
Friday15:10 - 17:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

Monday07:30 - 17:30
Tuesday07:30 - 17:30
Wednesday07:30 - 17:30
Thursday07:30 - 17:30
Friday07:30 - 17:30
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

Penola Outside School Hours Care against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Below nearby average (-10)
  • Below suburb average (-7)
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 80–97 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (2)95
  • Penola (3)92
  • SA (1317)84

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres100%
  • Penola66.7%
  • 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
24
Nearby centres
65
Penola
51
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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