How many childcare services are in St Leonards NSW?

9 ACECQA-approved services are listed in St Leonards, including 8 centre-based and 1 family day care. 0 of them hold an Exceeding NQS or Excellent rating. Daily fees are not published in the national registers, so contact each service for current fees.

Which childcare in St Leonards has the highest ChildcareScout Score?

Bilby Preschool (Meeting NQS) currently ranks first in St Leonards on ChildcareScout Score, which weighs NQS quality, information completeness and location. It is a ranking aid, not an ACECQA rating.

How does childcare quality in St Leonards compare with NSW?

0% of services in St Leonards are Exceeding NQS or Excellent, compared with 18% across NSW and 28% in nearby suburbs.

Is St Leonards near other childcare areas?

St Leonards is closest to the Sydney hub. See the Sydney childcare page for a wider radius search and the nearby-suburb comparison on this page.

Childcare centres in St Leonards NSW

ChildcareScout lists 9 ACECQA-approved education and care services in St Leonards, NSW. Of these, 8 are centre-based and 1 is family day care. 0 currently hold Exceeding NQS or Excellent overall ratings, and 9 are Meeting NQS; 0 have no published overall rating. The average ChildcareScout Score among scored services is 85. Fees and vacancies are not published by ACECQA, so they appear as Not available. Register data on this page was last imported 26 Aug 2026.

Sydney city hub Near me Fees & CCS Data sources

Services: 9
Centre-based: 8
Family day care: 1
Avg score: 85

NQS rating distribution

Excellent0
Exceeding NQS0
Meeting NQS9
Working Towards NQS0
Significant Improvement Required0
Not published0

St Leonards vs nearby vs NSW

Compare published NQS shares and average ChildcareScout Score for St Leonards, nearby indexed suburbs, and New South Wales.

Exceeding / Excellent %

St Leonards0%
Nearby suburbs27.9%
NSW18.2%

Meeting NQS %

St Leonards100%
Nearby suburbs60.7%
NSW69.5%

Avg ChildcareScout Score

Bars zoomed to 83–87 so small gaps are visible

St Leonards85
Nearby suburbs86
NSW86

Service counts in each area

St Leonards9
Nearby suburbs61
NSW6,138

Shares use published ACECQA overall ratings. Nearby is the average of indexed suburbs closest to this place. Fees and vacancies are not included. Bar lengths use a compressed scale so large state totals don’t hide local counts.