After School & Holiday Care Mackay
43 Shakespeare Street, Mackay QLD 4740
After School & Holiday Care Mackay is an outside school hours care service in Mackay QLD 4740, run by Mackay Children's Support Programs Inc. It is approved for 50 children. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed April 2026. It is one of 11 services in Mackay; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 50
- Service type
- Outside school hours care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- April 2026
Services offered
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 43 Shakespeare Street, Mackay QLD 4740
- 07 4951 1489
- 07 4951 2597
- afterschoolandholidaycaremackay.com
Fees and vacancies
After School & Holiday Care Mackay 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 (Apr 2026)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentApr 2026 | PreviousMar 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Working Towards |
| Overall | Meeting | Working Towards |
Nearby in Mackay
- Carlisle Adventist Early Learning Centre 44 places Long day care
- C&K East Mackay Community Kindergarten 25 places Preschool / kindergarten
- C&K Mackay Community Kindergarten 25 places Preschool / kindergarten
- C&K Slade Point Community Kindergarten 24 places Preschool / kindergarten
- Goodstart Early Learning Mackay - Macalister Street 75 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning Mackay - Shakespeare Street 74 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 Mackay
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 4,026
- Median age
- 38
- Household income /wk
- $1,239
- Median rent /wk
- $270
- Avg household size
- 1.9