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Ballina Fox Street Preschool

Fox St Pre School, 84 Fox Street, Ballina, NSW, 2478

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Ballina Fox Street Preschool INC
Approval number
SE-00006503
Approved places
40
Approval granted
2006-12-15
Phone
0266863340
Last visit date
March 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Apr 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 (Dec 2018)

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

Monday08:15 - 15:45
Tuesday08:15 - 15:45
Wednesday08:15 - 09:00
Thursday08:15 - 09:00
Friday08:15 - 09:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

MondayNot available
TuesdayNot available
Wednesday09:00 - 15:00
Thursday09:00 - 15:00
Friday09:00 - 15:00
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

Ballina Fox Street Preschool against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

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

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–96 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (8)92
  • Ballina (9)92
  • NSW (6138)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres75%
  • Ballina77.8%
  • NSW18.2%

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
40
Nearby centres
68
Ballina
64
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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