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Townsville Central State School After School Care Service

Townsville Central State School, Warburton Street, North Ward, QLD, 4810

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Townsville Central State School P&c Association
Approval number
SE-00001024
Approved places
75
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0747727077
Last visit date
October 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Nov 2025

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

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (May 2019)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • 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

School terms, session 1

Monday06:30 - 08:15
Tuesday06:30 - 08:15
Wednesday06:30 - 08:15
Thursday06:30 - 08:15
Friday06:30 - 08:15
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday02:50 - 06:00
Tuesday02:50 - 06:00
Wednesday02:50 - 06:00
Thursday02:50 - 06:00
Friday02:50 - 06:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

Monday06:30 - 18:00
Tuesday06:30 - 18:00
Wednesday06:30 - 18:00
Thursday06:30 - 18:00
Friday06:30 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

This service may provide education and care before school, after school and during school holidays. An approved alternative solution relating to Performance Criteria P18 Accessibility within SP5.4 Child Care Centres of the Queensland Development Code (with a publication date of 16 November 2007) applies to this service. This service is approved to provide education and care to children from over preschool age, including school children.

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

Townsville Central State School After School Care Service 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 82–86 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • North Ward0%
  • 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
75
Nearby centres
91
North Ward
63
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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