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The Willows Children's Centre For Early Childhood Development And Parenting

Charles Street, Mount Barker, SA, 5251

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Department For Education
Approval number
SE-40013284
Approved places
76
Approval granted
2018-10-12
Phone
0883910506
Last visit date
2026-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Apr 2020

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

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 - 15:15
Tuesday08:30 - 15:15
Wednesday08:30 - 15:15
Thursday08:30 - 15:15
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday08:30 - 15:15
Tuesday08:30 - 15:15
Wednesday08:30 - 15:15
Thursday08:30 - 15:15
Friday08:30 - 15:15
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

The Willows Children's Centre For Early Childhood Development And Parenting against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+19)
  • Above suburb average (+13)
  • Above state average (+11)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 69–98 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Mount Barker12.5%
  • 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
76
Nearby centres
68
Mount Barker
64
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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