First Steps Early Childhood Learning Centre
1 Steven Street, Atherton QLD 4883
First Steps Early Childhood Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Atherton QLD 4883, run by VR CO CORPORATION PTY LTD. It is approved for 80 children. It opens 7:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Working Towards the National Quality Standard, last assessed August 2026. It is one of 5 services in Atherton; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 80
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- August 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 1 Steven Street, Atherton QLD 4883
- 07 4091 7757
- firststeps.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 7:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
First Steps Early Childhood Learning Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Queensland averaged $14.15 an hour in the June quarter 2026, before the Child Care Subsidy. Services report their current fees and vacancies on StartingBlocks.gov.au, or you can call and ask.
Rating history
- Previous
- Current (Nov 2024)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Working Towards
Quality area ratings
| CurrentNov 2024 | PreviousJan 2018 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Working Towards | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Exceeding |
| Overall | Working Towards | Exceeding |
Nearby in Atherton
- Atherton Community Kindergarten 88 places Long day care
- Great Beginnings Atherton 94 places Long day care
- PCYC Atherton Fun Squad 59 places Outside school hours care
- Symphony Early Learning Centre 71 places Long day care
Service details, ratings and hours: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Average fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026. Locations are suburb centres. Confirm fees, hours and vacancies with the service. About this data.
About Atherton
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,724
- Median age
- 46
- Household income /wk
- $1,099
- Median rent /wk
- $280
- Avg household size
- 2.2