Little Para Community Childcare Centre
306 Waterloo Corner Road, Paralowie SA 5108
Little Para Community Childcare Centre is a long day care centre in Paralowie SA 5108, run by St Francis Community Children's Centre. It is approved for 63 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed July 2026. It is one of 9 services in Paralowie; none of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 63
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- July 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
Contact & location
- 306 Waterloo Corner Road, Paralowie SA 5108
- 08 8258 9494
- 08 8182 5284
- littleparaccc.com.au
Opening hours
- Monday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Tuesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Wednesday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Thursday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Friday
- 6:30am to 6:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Little Para Community Childcare Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in South Australia averaged $14.10 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 (Jan 2019)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJan 2019 | PreviousMar 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Meeting | Working Towards |
| 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 | Working Towards |
| Overall | Meeting | Working Towards |
Nearby in Paralowie
- Bethany Christian School Early Learning Centre 44 places Long day care
- Brightside Early Learning Centre 52 places Long day care
- Camp Australia - Bethany Christian School OSHC 60 places Outside school hours care
- Goodstart Early Learning Paralowie - Byron Bay Drive 75 places Long day care
- Goodstart Early Learning Paralowie - Yalumba Drive 100 places Long day care
- Paralowie Kindergarten 45 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 Paralowie
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 17,504
- Median age
- 35
- Household income /wk
- $1,479
- Median rent /wk
- $305
- Avg household size
- 2.9