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Port Augusta Child Care Centre

127 Stirling Road, Port Augusta, SA, 5700

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
THE Corporation OF THE City OF Port Augusta
Approval number
SE-00010800
Approved places
90
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0886425702
Last visit date
February 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2026

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceWorking Towards NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyWorking Towards NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentWorking Towards NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenWorking Towards NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsWorking Towards NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipWorking Towards NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Jan 2016)

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

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday7:45 - 17:45
Tuesday7:45 - 17:45
Wednesday7:45 - 17:45
Thursday7:45 - 17:45
Friday7:45 - 17:45
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The approved provider is required to continue with recruitment efforts for a full-time early childhood teacher and diploma qualified staff and must provide evidence of recruitment efforts to the Education Standards Board every three months while the temporary waiver is in force.

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

Port Augusta Child Care Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-13)
  • Below suburb average (-11)
  • Below state average (-14)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–86 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Port Augusta0%
  • 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
90
Nearby centres
49
Port Augusta
54
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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