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Ballarat Specialist School - Early Learning Centre

25 Gillies St North, Lake Gardens, VIC, 3355

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Ballarat Specialist School Council
Approval number
SE-00014104
Approved places
28
Approval granted
2013-01-25
Phone
0353341302
Last visit date
2025-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Nov 2023

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

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Oct 2018)

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

Monday09:15 - 14:15
Tuesday09:15 - 14:15
Wednesday09:15 - 14:15
Thursday09:15 - 14:15
Friday09:15 - 14:15
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

Not available

Source: ACECQA National Registers

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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 Specialist School - Early Learning Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+12)
  • Above suburb average (+7)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 78–97 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Lake Gardens33.3%
  • 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
28
Nearby centres
65
Lake Gardens
48
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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