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Stepping Stone Happy Valley Childcare & Early Development Centre

12 Happy Valley Drive, Happy Valley, SA, 5159

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-00010981
Approved places
100
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0883219400
Last visit date
November 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Jan 2023

  • 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 (Mar 2013)

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: Yes

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday6:30 - 18:30
Tuesday6:30 - 18:30
Wednesday6:30 - 18:30
Thursday6:30 - 18:30
Friday6:30 - 18:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The approved provider must take reasonable steps to recruit qualified educators during the waiver period. The approved provider must notify the Regulatory Authority within 14 days if the waiver is no longer required. The service must not exceed daily attendances of 80 children, until a second Early Childhood Teacher or a suitably qualified person is appointed or while waiver is in force for regulation 133(1)(b).

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

Stepping Stone Happy Valley Childcare & Early Development 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 80–86 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Happy Valley16.7%
  • 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
67
Happy Valley
79
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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