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Tennant Creek Preschool

31 Paterson St, Tennant Creek, NT, 0860

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Department OF Education AND Training
Approval number
SE-00002578
Approved places
62
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
(08) 8963 2424
Last visit date
July 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 2026

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyWorking Towards 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 (Sep 2025)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): Yes
  • 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

School terms, session 1

Monday08:30 - 14:30
Tuesday08:30 - 14:30
Wednesday08:30 - 11:30
ThursdayNot available
FridayNot available
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

Tennant Creek Preschool against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-15)
  • Below suburb average (-7)
  • Below state average (-15)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–87 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Tennant Creek0%
  • NT7.3%

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
62
Nearby centres
50
Tennant Creek
56
NT
64

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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