Skippy's Early Learning Gracemere
79 Breakspear Street, Gracemere QLD 4702
Skippy's Early Learning Gracemere is a long day care centre in Gracemere QLD 4702, run by Penny F Pty Ltd as Trustee for Penny Farrell Unit Trust. It is approved for 139 children. It opens 6:30am to 6:30pm on weekdays. It is rated Meeting the National Quality Standard, last assessed March 2026. It is one of 8 services in Gracemere; 1 of them is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 139
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- March 2026
Services offered
- Long day care
- Before school care
- After school care
- Vacation care
Contact & location
- 79 Breakspear Street, Gracemere QLD 4702
- 07 4933 3434
- skippys.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
Skippy's Early Learning Gracemere sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Queensland averaged $14.15 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 (Jun 2024)
This service improved from Working Towards to Meeting
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJun 2024 | PreviousMar 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Meeting | Meeting |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Meeting | Meeting |
| Overall | Meeting | Working Towards |
Nearby in Gracemere
- Camp Australia - Gracemere State School OSHC 45 places Outside school hours care
- Camp Australia - Waraburra State School OSHC 79 places Outside school hours care
- Goodstart Early Learning Gracemere 65 places Long day care
- Le Smileys Early Learning Centre 88 places Long day care
- Le Smileys Early Learning Centre - Kindergarten at Waraburra 28 places Long day care
- Little Zebra Childcare and Kindergarten Gracemere 90 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 Gracemere
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 12,023
- Median age
- 32
- Household income /wk
- $1,711
- Median rent /wk
- $340
- Avg household size
- 2.8