The Queensland Government is establishing extra kindergarten services in areas where they are needed most- building on the more than 350 existing kindergarten services.
Areas of highest need have a population of kindy-aged children that exceeds the number of available places in existing kindergarten and long day care services. For the convenience of families, new services are usually co-located with or near schools.
Schools were considered based on their future enrolments, availability of land or facilities for refurbishment, and local knowledge of the community. Where there was a choice of more than one school, the Department of Education, Training and Employment consulted the Queensland Catholic Education Commission and Independent Schools Queensland to select a site.Current planning data indicates only 45 more kindergarten services may be needed to achieve universal access to kindergarten programs, making a total of 166 extra services. A saving of $100 million from the $321 million infrastructure commitment is being reinvested in providing quality early childhood education and care services.
| Kindergarten services to be established by the end of 2013 | ||
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Emmanuel Catholic College, Mackay |
St Anthony's Catholic College, Deeragun |
St Kevin's School, Benowa |
| Kindergarten services established since 2010 | ||
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Augusta State School, Bundamba * double unit |
Mackay North State School |
Queens Beach State School |
This page was last reviewed on 10 May 2012
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