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Story House Early Learning Thornlands

209 Waterloo Street, Cleveland, QLD, 4163

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-00002124
Approved places
154
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0734882022
Last visit date
June 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Nov 2018

  • 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: Working Towards NQS (Jun 2015)

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

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday06:15 - 18:00
Tuesday06:15 - 18:00
Wednesday06:15 - 18:00
Thursday06:15 - 18:00
Friday06:15 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from children from birth up to and including school children Building A is approved to primarily provide education and care to a maximum of 94 children from birth up to and including over preschool age, and not including school children. Building B is approved to primarily provide education and care to a maximum of 60 children over preschool age up to and including school children, for before school, after school and during school holidays. Ages and numbers of children may at times or on occasions be provided outside of the children's age and number conditions for Building A and B, provided the overall service maximum child capacity is not exceeded. Building B is approved only to provide education and care to a maximum of 22 children from 36 months up to and including over preschool age, not including school children between the sessional kindergarten hours of 8:45am and 2.45pm during school term only.

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

Story House Early Learning Thornlands 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 83–87 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)87
  • Cleveland (9)87
  • QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres37.5%
  • Cleveland33.3%
  • 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
154
Nearby centres
68
Cleveland
77
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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