First Steps Early Childhood Learning Centre
1 Dennis Minson Drive, Gatton QLD 4343
First Steps Early Childhood Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Gatton QLD 4343, run by VR CO CORPORATION PTY LTD. It is approved for 59 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed September 2026. It is one of 8 services in Gatton; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 59
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- September 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 1 Dennis Minson Drive, Gatton QLD 4343
- 07 5462 4157
- 07 5462 1974
- firststeps.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 6:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 6:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 6:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 6:00am 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 (Jun 2026)
Rating changed from Exceeding to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJun 2026 | PreviousOct 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Exceeding |
Nearby in Gatton
- Active Kids Early Learning Centre Gatton 75 places Long day care
- Gatton Kindergarten 48 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning Gatton 74 places Long day care
- Lockyer Valley Early Education Centre & Pre-School 117 places Long day care
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Kindergarten 22 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Our Lady of Good Counsel Outside School Hours Care 60 places Outside school hours 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 Gatton
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 7,851
- Median age
- 33
- Household income /wk
- $1,275
- Median rent /wk
- $295
- Avg household size
- 2.6