Kath Dickson Family Day Care - Metropolitan Home Based Services
28 Cumming St, North Toowoomba QLD 4350
Kath Dickson Family Day Care - Metropolitan Home Based Services is a family day care service in North Toowoomba QLD 4350, run by Kath Dickson Family Centre Limited. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed April 2026. It is one of 2 services in North Toowoomba; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Service type
- Family day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- April 2026
Services offered
- Family day care
Contact & location
- 28 Cumming St, North Toowoomba QLD 4350
- 07 4633 8400
- kdfc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 8:30am to 4:30pm
- Tuesday
- 8:30am to 4:30pm
- Wednesday
- 8:30am to 4:30pm
- Thursday
- 8:30am to 4:30pm
- Friday
- 8:00am to 4:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Kath Dickson Family Day Care - Metropolitan Home Based Services sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Family day care in Australia averaged $13.95 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 (May 2026)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMay 2026 | PreviousMay 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Working Towards |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Working Towards |
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 North Toowoomba
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 3,332
- Median age
- 37
- Household income /wk
- $1,256
- Median rent /wk
- $285
- Avg household size
- 2.2