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Ballarat Child Care Co-Op

1007 Armstrong Street North, Ballarat, VIC, 3350

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Ballarat Child Care Co-Operative LTD
Approval number
SE-00002656
Approved places
80
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0353331601
Last visit date
July 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Sep 2025

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Jul 2022)

Nature of care

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

Typical weekly hours

Monday07:30 - 18:00
Tuesday07:30 - 18:00
Wednesday07:30 - 18:00
Thursday07:30 - 18:00
Friday07:30 - 18:00
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

Ballarat Child Care Co-Op against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Below nearby average (-7)
  • Below suburb average (-5)
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–94 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)93
  • Ballarat (11)90
  • VIC (5017)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres75%
  • 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
80
Nearby centres
61
Ballarat
68
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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