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Waikerie Children's Centre

16 Marks Terrace, Waikerie, SA, 5330

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Department For Education
Approval number
SE-00011091
Approved places
40
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0885412692
Last visit date
December 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Aug 2017

  • OverallExceeding NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting 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

Monday08:15 - 15:45
Tuesday08:15 - 15:45
Wednesday08:15 - 15:45
Thursday08:15 - 15:45
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

Waikerie Children's Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+13)
  • Above suburb average (+8)
  • Above state average (+11)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 78–97 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (2)83
  • Waikerie (3)87
  • SA (1317)84

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres50%
  • Waikerie66.7%
  • 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
40
Nearby centres
47
Waikerie
45
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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