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Blooming Kids Early Learning & Long Day Care Centre

81-83 Marian Drive, Port Macquarie, NSW, 2444

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Fiona Marie Turner
Approval number
SE-00006674
Approved places
59
Approval granted
2007-10-13
Phone
02 6581 2515
Last visit date
2026-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Aug 2023

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceWorking Towards NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyWorking Towards NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsWorking Towards NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenWorking Towards NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipWorking Towards NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Oct 2018)

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): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (before school): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): Yes
  • Other: No

Hours

Typical weekly hours

Monday06:30 - 18:30
Tuesday06:30 - 18:30
Wednesday06:30 - 18:30
Thursday06:30 - 18:30
Friday06:30 - 18:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

1. The approved provider must ensure that the maximum number of children that may be provided with education and care at any one time does not exceed 49 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

Blooming Kids Early Learning & Long Day Care Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-19)
  • Below suburb average (-18)
  • Below state average (-16)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 63–92 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres37.5%
  • Port Macquarie34.6%
  • 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
59
Nearby centres
72
Port Macquarie
83
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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