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Ballarat & Clarendon College Preschool

614 Mair Street, Ballarat, VIC, 3350

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Ballarat & Clarendon College
Approval number
SE-00002660
Approved places
165
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0353308100
Last visit date
August 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Sep 2025

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

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Nov 2022)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): Yes
  • Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): No
  • 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

When the School is utilising ELC room 1 for classes, the approved provider must not educate and care for more than 47 children in ELC rooms 2 and 3.

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

Ballarat & Clarendon College Preschool against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Above suburb average (+5)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 83–96 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (8)91
  • Ballarat (11)90
  • VIC (5017)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres62.5%
  • Ballarat54.5%
  • 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
165
Nearby centres
50
Ballarat
68
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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