Mary Ranken Childcare Centre
Sugargums, TAFE Grounds, Hunter Street, Gunnedah NSW 2380
Mary Ranken Childcare Centre is a long day care centre in Gunnedah NSW 2380, run by Gunnedah Family And Children's Services Incorporated. It is approved for 39 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2026. It is one of 10 services in Gunnedah; 3 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 39
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 16/08/2007
- Last assessed
- May 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- Sugargums, TAFE Grounds, Hunter Street, Gunnedah NSW 2380
- 02 8201 0522
- 02 6742 5889
Opening hours
- Monday
- 8:00am to 4:30pm
- Tuesday
- 8:00am to 4:30pm
- Wednesday
- 8:00am to 4:45pm
- Thursday
- 8:00am to 4:30pm
- Friday
- 8:00am to 4:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Mary Ranken Childcare Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in New South Wales averaged $14.85 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 2025)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentMay 2025 | PreviousJan 2019 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Gunnedah
- Esteem Kids St Xavier's Gunnedah 24 places Outside school hours care
- Goodstart Early Learning Gunnedah 66 places Long day care
- Grow Early Education Gunnedah 94 places Long day care
- Gunnedah Baptist Community Preschool 60 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Gunnedah Family Day Care Places not listed Family day care
- Gunnedah Preschool 50 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 Gunnedah
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 10,359
- Median age
- 37
- Household income /wk
- $1,564
- Median rent /wk
- $300
- Avg household size
- 2.5