Kentish Early Learning Centre Tennant Creek
Cnr Memorial Drive and Thompson Street, Tennant Creek NT 0860
Kentish Early Learning Centre Tennant Creek is a long day care centre in Tennant Creek NT 0860, run by Kentish Community Services Ltd.. It is approved for 50 children. It opens 7:30am to 5:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed April 2026. It is one of 2 services in Tennant Creek; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 50
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- April 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Cnr Memorial Drive and Thompson Street, Tennant Creek NT 0860
- 08 8962 1128
- kentish.org.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Friday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Kentish Early Learning Centre Tennant Creek sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Northern Territory averaged $13.20 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 (Oct 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentOct 2025 | PreviousMar 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| 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 | Meeting |
Nearby in Tennant Creek
- Tennant Creek Preschool 62 places Preschool / kindergarten
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 Tennant Creek
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 3,080
- Median age
- 33
- Household income /wk
- $1,677
- Median rent /wk
- $180
- Avg household size
- 2.7