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Bowen Preschool

Bowen Public School, 50-60 Park Street, Orange, NSW, 2800

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Livebetter Services Limited
Approval number
SE-40008017
Approved places
30
Approval granted
2017-03-13
Phone
0263912400
Last visit date
2026-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Apr 2025

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceWorking Towards NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (Sep 2022)

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

Monday08:30 - 16:00
Tuesday08:30 - 16:00
Wednesday08:30 - 16:00
Thursday08:30 - 16:00
FridayNot available
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

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

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-16)
  • Below suburb average (-15)
  • Below state average (-16)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 64–88 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (8)86
  • Orange (33)85
  • NSW (6138)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Orange15.2%
  • 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
30
Nearby centres
84
Orange
75
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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