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Stepping Stone Marden Childcare & Early Development Centre

395-399 Payneham Road, Marden, SA, 5070

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Stepping Stone (s.a.) Childcare & Early Development Centres PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-40008080
Approved places
110
Approval granted
2017-12-19
Phone
0883650734
Last visit date
January 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2019

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsExceeding NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipExceeding NQS

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 - 18:30
Tuesday06:30 - 18:30
Wednesday06:30 - 18:30
Thursday06:30 - 18:30
Friday06:30 - 18:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

Not available

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 Marden 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 83–86 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)85
  • Marden (1)85
  • SA (1317)84

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Marden0%
  • 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
110
Nearby centres
67
Marden
110
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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