Fairly rated · Updated October 2026
Childcare Centres in Cairns
- Childcare Centres compared
- 54
- Google reviews
- 828
- Median rating
- 5.0
As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated childcare centres in Cairns, QLD on Even Footing are Small Steps Academy (5.0 from 59 Google reviews), Goodstart Early Learning Kanimbla (5.0 from 36 Google reviews) and Goodstart Early Learning Brinsmead (5.0 from 30 Google reviews).
Childcare Centres in Cairns: the top 50
- 1
Small Steps Academy
from 59 Google reviews
21-23 Robert Rd, Cairns QLD 4869
- 2
Goodstart Early Learning Kanimbla
from 36 Google reviews
- 3
Goodstart Early Learning Brinsmead
from 30 Google reviews
150 Loridan Drive, Brinsmead QLD 4870
- 4
Mount Sheridan Early Education Centre
from 26 Google reviews
- 5
Cubby Care Early Learning Centre Mooroobool
from 23 Google reviews
100 Callum St, Cairns QLD 4870
- 6
Mayfield Early Education Fretwell Road
from 21 Google reviews
2-6 Fretwell Rd, Cairns QLD 4868
- 7
Junior Explorers Early Learning Centre
from 19 Google reviews
37 Marr St, Cairns QLD 4869
- 8
Edge Early Learning Kanimbla
from 15 Google reviews
- 9
First Steps Cairns
from 13 Google reviews
41-45 Aeroglen Dr, Cairns QLD 4870
- 10
Earlville Early Education
from 12 Google reviews
29 Cavallaro Ave, Cairns QLD 4870
- 11
Little Kindy North Cairns
from 12 Google reviews
- 12
Edmonton Community Kindergarten
from 11 Google reviews
- 13
Mayfield Early Education Brinsmead
from 10 Google reviews
83 Loridan Dr, Cairns QLD 4870
- 14
Mount Peter Early Learning
from 10 Google reviews
- 15
Cairns Community Kindergarten
from 9 Google reviews
174-178 Gatton St, Cairns QLD 4870
- 16
Goodstart Early Learning Woree - Toogood Road
from 9 Google reviews
7-11 Toogood Road, Woree QLD 4870
- 17
Kindy Zone- Mount Sheridan
from 8 Google reviews
38 Trafalgar Rd, Cairns QLD 4868
- 18
First Grammar Early Education Centre Freshwater
from 27 Google reviews
- 19
Armadillo Childcare Early Learning Centre
from 25 Google reviews
1 Ainslie Pl, Cairns QLD 4878
- 20
C&K Boopa Werem Kindergarten and Preschool
from 7 Google reviews
- 21
Junior World
from 7 Google reviews
60-64 Robert Rd, Cairns QLD 4869
- 22
Smithfield Child Care Centre
from 7 Google reviews
80 Cheviot St, Cairns QLD 4878
- 23
Mayfield Early Education Brose Street
from 20 Google reviews
9 Brose St, Cairns QLD 4868
- 24
Little World
from 18 Google reviews
10 Hardy Rd, Cairns QLD 4868
- 25
Kindy Zone
from 6 Google reviews
- 26
Redlynch Daycare Centre
from 6 Google reviews
Cnr Kamerunga & Fairweather Roads, Cairns QLD 4870
- 27
Modern Family Early Learning
from 16 Google reviews
40-42 Tills Street, Westcourt QLD 4870
- 28
Edge Early Learning Edmonton
from 14 Google reviews
- 29
Pelicans in the City - Centre One
from 50 Google reviews
- 30
Cairns Tafe Community Child Care Centre
from 5 Google reviews
T Block, 2 Newton St
- 31
Waratah Early Education
from 5 Google reviews
8 Waratah Dr, Cairns QLD 4870
- 32
Water Street Child Care and Kindergarten
from 5 Google reviews
- 33
Eden Academy Edmonton
from 12 Google reviews
65-67 Stokes St, Edmonton QLD 4869
- 34
Childs World Early Learning Centre
from 42 Google reviews
- 35
Cairns South Early Learning Centre
from 36 Google reviews
33 Bruce Hwy, Cairns QLD 4869
- 36
Pelicans in the City - Centre Two
from 34 Google reviews
- 37
Butterflies Early Learning & Childcare
from 4 Google reviews
120 Swallow St, Cairns QLD 4870
- 38
Just Kids
from 4 Google reviews
219 Draper St, Cairns QLD 4870
- 39
Cairns Early Learning
from 15 Google reviews
317 Draper St, Cairns QLD 4870
- 40
Freshwater Christian Kindergarten - Cairns
from 3 Google reviews
369-401 Brinsmead Rd, Cairns QLD 4870
- 41
Edge Hill Early Learning
from 2 Google reviews
274 Pease St, Freshwater QLD 4870
- 42
Waratah Drive Child Care Centre
from 2 Google reviews
8 Waratah Dr, Cairns QLD 4870
- 43
Sanctuary Early Learning Adventure Redlynch
from 38 Google reviews
48-52 Redlynch Intake Rd, Cairns QLD 4870
- 44
C&K Balaclava Community Kindergarten
from 3 Google reviews
- 45
Balaclava Road Childrens Centre
from 1 Google review
84-86 Balaclava Rd, Cairns QLD 4870
- 46
The Benevolent Society | Bentley Park Early Years Centre and Kindergarten
from 1 Google review
- 47
Goodstart Early Learning Forest Gardens
from 7 Google reviews
Lot 700, Benjamina Street, Mount Sherridan QLD 4868
- 48
Busy Bees at Redlynch
from 31 Google reviews
- 49
Goodstart Early Learning Bayview Heights
from 12 Google reviews
- 50
Edge Early Learning Gordonvale
from 7 Google reviews
Even Footing compared 54 childcare centres in Cairns, QLD, with 828 Google reviews between them. Of these, 54 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 12 reviews.
Of the childcare centres compared, the most reviewed is Small Steps Academy, with 59 Google reviews at 5.0.
How this list is ranked
Businesses are ranked by their Google rating, pulled toward 4.5 as if each had 10 more reviews at 4.5, so five stars from four reviews does not beat 4.9 from four hundred. Ties go to the business with more reviews.
It does not measure price, speed or the quality of any one job, and it knows only the reviews people left on Google.
Questions
- Which childcare centres in Cairns, QLD are the most fairly rated?
- As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated childcare centres in Cairns, QLD on Even Footing are Small Steps Academy (5.0 from 59 Google reviews), Goodstart Early Learning Kanimbla (5.0 from 36 Google reviews) and Goodstart Early Learning Brinsmead (5.0 from 30 Google reviews).
- How does Even Footing rank childcare centres in Cairns, QLD?
- Businesses are ranked by their Google rating, pulled toward 4.5 as if each had 10 more reviews at 4.5, so five stars from four reviews does not beat 4.9 from four hundred. Ties go to the business with more reviews. It does not measure price, speed or the quality of any one job, and it knows only the reviews people left on Google.
- How many childcare centres in Cairns, QLD did Even Footing compare?
- Even Footing compared 54 childcare centres in Cairns, QLD, with 828 Google reviews between them. Of these, 54 meet this list's method. The median rating is 5.0 from a median of 12 reviews.
- Can a business pay to be listed or to rank higher?
- No. Every business is ranked by the same published method, and no business can pay to be listed or to move up.