Ballymore Kindergarten And Preschool

185 Butterfield Street, Herston, QLD, 4006

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating

Provider: Ballymore Kindergarten AND Preschool Association INC
Approval number: SE-00001265
Approved places: 25
Approval granted: 2012-01-01
Phone: 07 3252 3732
Last visit date: August 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Oct 2025

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 (Apr 2020)

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

Monday	08:30 - 16:00
Tuesday	08:30 - 16:00
Wednesday	08:30 - 14:30
Thursday	08:30 - 14:30
Friday	08:30 - 14:30
Saturday	Not available
Sunday	Not available

Approval conditions

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from 36 months up to and including over preschool age, not including school children.

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

Ballymore Kindergarten And Preschool against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS

Above nearby average (+10)
Above suburb average (+7)
Above state average (+10)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 81–97 so gaps are visible

This centre95
Nearby centres (8)85
Herston (4)88
QLD (3331)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

This centreExceeding NQS
Nearby centres0%
Herston25%
QLD14.1%

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: 25
Nearby centres: 104
Herston: 65
QLD: 83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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