MacKillop Catholic Early Learning & Care
1-55 Mackillop Road, Mount Peter QLD 4869
MacKillop Catholic Early Learning & Care is a long day care centre in Mount Peter QLD 4869, run by Roman Catholic Trust Corporation For The Diocese Of Cairns. It is approved for 68 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed July 2026. It is one of 3 services in Mount Peter; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 68
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 25/01/2019
- Last assessed
- July 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 1-55 Mackillop Road, Mount Peter QLD 4869
- 0438 620 587
- ccelc.catholic.org.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
MacKillop Catholic Early Learning & Care 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 (Aug 2026)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentAug 2026 | PreviousDec 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 Mount Peter
- Mackillop Catholic College, Mount Peter Outside School Hours Care 135 places Outside school hours care
- Mount Peter Early Learning 112 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 Mount Peter
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 689
- Median age
- 30
- Household income /wk
- $2,096
- Median rent /wk
- $450
- Avg household size
- 2.9