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Precious Cargo Montessori Child Care & Early Learning Centre

79-83 Stephen Terrace, St Peters, SA, 5069

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Mayfield Childcare Limited
Approval number
SE-00010814
Approved places
100
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0883635669
Last visit date
2026-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Jul 2026

  • 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: 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

Approval conditions

A fenced exclusion zone for children must remain in place a minimum of two metres out from the transformer on an ongoing basis.

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

Precious Cargo Montessori Child Care & Early Learning Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–86 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)84
  • St Peters (3)83
  • SA (1317)84

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • St Peters33.3%
  • 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
100
Nearby centres
66
St Peters
88
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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