Little Joey's Early Learning Centre
Lot 2526 Maluka Road, Katherine NT 0850
Little Joey's Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Katherine NT 0850, run by Catholic Church Diocese of Darwin Education Property Trust. It is approved for 44 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed July 2026. It is one of 6 services in Katherine; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 44
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- July 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Lot 2526 Maluka Road, Katherine NT 0850
- 89723864
- 08 8972 3701
- littlejoeysearlylearningcentre.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 7:00am to 5:30pm
- Tuesday
- 7:30am to 4:30pm
- Wednesday
- 7:30am to 4:30pm
- Thursday
- 7:30am to 5:30pm
- Friday
- 7:30am to 4:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Little Joey's Early Learning Centre 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 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentOct 2024 | PreviousFeb 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 Katherine
- Casuarina Street OSHC 60 places Outside school hours care
- Clyde Fenton Preschool 25 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Katherine East Child Care Centre 50 places Long day care
- Katherine South Primary School OSHC 60 places Outside school hours care
- YMCA of the Northern Territory Little Mangoes Child Care Centre 86 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 Katherine
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 1,254
- Median age
- 34
- Household income /wk
- $2,053
- Median rent /wk
- $360
- Avg household size
- 2.3