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Shearwater Children's Centre

U 2, 81 Club Drive, Shearwater, TAS, 7307

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Duerinckx Enterprises PTY LTD Atf Duerinckx Futures Family Trust
Approval number
SE-00010060
Approved places
60
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0364288600
Last visit date
July 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2024

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

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (Jul 2022)

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

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday06:00 - 19:00
Tuesday06:00 - 19:00
Wednesday06:00 - 19:00
Thursday06:00 - 19:00
Friday06:00 - 19:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 1

Monday14:30 - 18:00
Tuesday14:30 - 18:00
Wednesday14:30 - 18:00
Thursday14:30 - 18:00
Friday14:30 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

Monday07:00 - 18:00
Tuesday07:00 - 18:00
Wednesday07:00 - 18:00
Thursday07:00 - 18:00
Friday07:00 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The approved provider is required to apply and document access to an ECT as per regulation 130 to support the design and delivery of the education program and quality outcomes for 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

Shearwater Children's Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-15)
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Below state average (-14)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–87 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Shearwater0%
  • TAS18.9%

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
60
Nearby centres
30
Shearwater
60
TAS
61

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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