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Bfs Wollongong City Community Preschool

261 Keira Street, Wollongong, NSW, 2500

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Bfs Children’s Services LTD
Approval number
SE-00009585
Approved places
32
Approval granted
2007-08-24
Phone
0242281506
Last visit date
July 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2024

  • 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 2021)

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

Monday08:30 - 16:00
Tuesday08:30 - 16:00
Wednesday08:30 - 16:00
Thursday08:30 - 16:00
Friday08:30 - 16:00
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

Bfs Wollongong City Community Preschool against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+6)
  • Above suburb average (+9)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–96 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres50%
  • Wollongong38.1%
  • 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
32
Nearby centres
44
Wollongong
57
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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