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St Mary Mackillop Early Learning Centre Mt Isa

70 Short Street, Mt Isa, QLD, 4825

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Roman Catholic Trust Corporation For THE Diocese OF Townsville
Approval number
SE-40001178
Approved places
86
Approval granted
2013-08-28
Phone
0747433955
Last visit date
October 2025

NQS ratings

Issued May 2025

  • 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 (Apr 2020)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: Yes
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): Yes
  • 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 - 17:30
Tuesday06:30 - 17:30
Wednesday06:30 - 17:30
Thursday06:30 - 17:30
Friday06:30 - 17:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including over preschool age. The service is not approved to provide education and care to school 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

St Mary Mackillop Early Learning Centre Mt Isa 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
  • Mt Isa (2)85
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Mt Isa0%
  • QLD14.1%

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
86
Nearby centres
44
Mt Isa
89
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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