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St Mel's Kindergarten

200 Archer St, Shepparton, VIC, 3630

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Sandhurst Catholic Early Childhood Education & Care Limited
Approval number
SE-00004112
Approved places
66
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0358219982
Last visit date
2025-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 2023

  • OverallExceeding NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsExceeding NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Jul 2018)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • 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

School terms, session 1

Monday08:30 - 16:00
Tuesday08:30 - 16:00
Wednesday08:45 - 11:45
ThursdayNot available
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

MondayNot available
TuesdayNot available
Wednesday12:30 - 15:30
Thursday09:00 - 15:00
Friday09:00 - 15:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

Not available

Source: ACECQA National Registers

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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 Mel's Kindergarten against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+10)
  • Above suburb average (+9)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 81–97 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Shepparton10.3%
  • VIC21%

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
66
Nearby centres
52
Shepparton
72
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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