MOST child care centres in Rockhampton and Central Queensland are exceeding or meeting national quality standards.

The Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority uses seven criteria to rate early childhood education and outside school hours care centres under its National Quality Standard.

Those criteria are educational program and practice, children's health and safety, physical environment, staffing arrangements, relationships with children, collaborative partnerships with families, and communities and governance and leadership.

Providers are given overall ratings, which were updated today, based on these results.

In Central Queensland, 37 providers are exceeding the NQS, 50 are meeting it, and 11 are not meeting the standards.

Exceeding NQS

Biloela Community Preschool and Kindergarten

Borilla Community Kindergarten (Emerald)

Camp Australia - The Hall State School OSHC

C&K Berserker Community Kindergarten

C&K Blackwater Community Kindergarten

C&K Capella Early Childhood Centre

C&K Crescent Lagoon Community Kindergarten

C&K Coo-Inda Community Kindergarten

C&K Taranganba Community Kindergarten

Coastal Kids Kindergarten

Emerald Pre School & Community Kindergarten

Enhance Family Day Care - Capricornia

Farm Street Early Learning Centre

Illoura Child Care Centre

J.A.C.'s Learning World

Le Smileys Early Learning Centre - Berserker Kindergarten

Le Smileys Early Learning Centre

Little Zebra Childcare Centre

Moura Community Kindergarten

Narnia Kindergarten and Preschool

Nobbs Street Outside School Hours Care Service

Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart Catholic Kindergarten Springsure

Parkhurst Early Learning Centre

PCYC Biloela School Age Care

Rockhampton South Kindergarten

Skippy's Early Learning Centre

St Anthony's Catholic Kindergarten

St Anthony's School Outside School Hours Care

St Brigid's Catholic Kindergarten Emerald

St Joseph's Catholic Kindergarten Biloela

St Joseph's Kindergarten, North Rockhampton

St Peter's After School Care

The Rockhampton Grammar School Early Learning Centre

The Rockhampton Grammar School Kindergarten Unit - Beasley Centre

The Rockhampton Grammar School Outside School Hours Care

Yeppoon & District Kindergarten

Yeppoon & District Kindergarten - Preschool Campus

Meeting NQS

Allies Early Learning Centre

Archer Street Child Care Centre

Biloela Early Learning Centre and Child Care

Bundara Kindergarten

Camp Australia - Crescent Lagoon State School OSHC

Camp Australia - Frenchville State School OSHC

Cedar Avenue Early Learning

City Child Care Centre

C&K Blackwater Community Childcare Centre

C&K Clermont Community Kindergarten

C&K Emerald South Community Childcare Centre

C&K Glenmore Community Kindergarten

C&K Leichhardt Community Kindergarten

C&K nGundanoo Imbabee Community Childcare Centre

C&K Tieri Community Kindergarten

Clermont Kindergarten Day Care Centre

Dingo State School Kindergarten

ECC Little Gems

Elfin House Community Child Care Centre

Emerald Outside School Hours Care

Emerald World Of Learning

Enhance Family Day Care - Central Highlands

Goodstart Early Learning Emerald

Goodstart Early Learning Gracemere

Goodstart Early Learning Rockhampton

Heights College OSHC

Heights College Pre Prep

Helping Hands Mount Archer

Helping Hands Taranganba

Kallahra Child Care Centre

Lady Gowrie Springsure Community Kindergarten

Le Smileys Early Learning Centre - Kindergarten at Waraburra

LiveBetter Early Learning Centre Blackwater

Mt Archer Early Learning

Natural Wonders Early Learning Frenchville

Natural Wonders Early Learning Berserker

Park Avenue Outside School Hours Care

PCYC Rockhampton - Berserker Street School Age Care

PCYC Rockhampton - Yeppoon School Age Care

PCYC Rockhampton School Age Care

Rockhampton Girls Grammar Outside School Hours Care

Rockhampton North Early Learning

Sacred Heart Outside School Hours Care

Skippy's Early Learning Gracemere

St Joseph's Catholic Kindergarten Blackall

St Joseph's Outside School Hours Care, Wandal

Taranganba Early Learning

Tarumbal Kindergarten

Theodore Kindergarten

St Joseph's Outside School Hours Care, Wandal

Working Towards NQS

Blackwater Outside School Hours Care

Camp Australia - Gracemere State School OSHC

C&K Biloela Community Childcare Centre

Genius Learning - Allenstown

Genius Learning - Norman Gardens

Guppy's Early Learning - Frenchville

Kinta Kids Child Care Centre

Kindy Care Mount Morgan

Little Zebra Childcare and Kindergarten Gracemere

Moura Child Care Centre

My School Child Care & Kindergarten - Rockhampton