Penola Outside School Hours Care
Mckay Children's Centre, 7 Scott Street, Penola SA 5277
Penola Outside School Hours Care is an outside school hours care service in Penola SA 5277, run by McKay Children's Centre Inc. It is approved for 24 children. It opens 3:10pm to 5:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed March 2024. It is one of 3 services in Penola; 2 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 24
- Service type
- Outside school hours care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- March 2024
Services offered
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- Mckay Children's Centre, 7 Scott Street, Penola SA 5277
- 08 8737 2535
- 08 8737 3821
Opening hours
- Monday
- 3:10pm to 5:30pm
- Tuesday
- 3:10pm to 5:30pm
- Wednesday
- 3:10pm to 5:30pm
- Thursday
- 3:10pm to 5:30pm
- Friday
- 3:10pm to 5:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Penola Outside School Hours Care sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Outside school hours care in Australia averaged $10.05 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 (Feb 2024)
Rating maintained at Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentFeb 2024 | PreviousJun 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA3Physical environment | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA5Relationships with children | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Meeting | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Exceeding |
| Overall | Meeting | Meeting |
Nearby in Penola
- McKay Children's Centre 65 places Preschool / kindergarten
- McKay Children’s Centre 65 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 Penola
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 1,622
- Median age
- 47
- Household income /wk
- $1,369
- Median rent /wk
- $198
- Avg household size
- 2.2