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Balit Community Kindergarten

79 Elm Street, Northcote, VIC, 3070

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Batman Park Kindergarten Association INC
Approval number
SE-00003502
Approved places
59
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0394810237
Last visit date
June 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Aug 2025

  • OverallExceeding NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Sep 2021)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (after school): No
  • Outside school hours care (before school): No
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
  • Other: No

Hours

School terms, session 1

Monday08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday08:00 - 17:00
Thursday08:00 - 17:00
Friday08:00 - 17:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

Not available

Source: ACECQA National Registers

Official source record

How we use ACECQA data

Last imported 26 Aug 2026

Geocode: geonames-au-postcodes

Fees and vacancies: Not available from ACECQA — see the fees guide.

How this centre compares

Balit Community Kindergarten against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+8)
  • Above suburb average (+8)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 83–96 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (8)87
  • Northcote (12)87
  • VIC (5017)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres37.5%
  • Northcote33.3%
  • VIC21%

For this centre the chart marks whether its overall rating is Exceeding/Excellent; area rows show the share of services with those ratings.

Approved places

This centre
59
Nearby centres
73
Northcote
86
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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