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Bowerbird Kindergarten

136-138 Lyrebird Drive, Carrum Downs, VIC, 3201

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Community Kinders Plus INC.
Approval number
SE-00002948
Approved places
29
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0397864995
Last visit date
March 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Jan 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 (Aug 2019)

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 - 13:15
Tuesday08:15 - 13:15
Wednesday08:15 - 13:15
ThursdayNot available
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

MondayNot available
TuesdayNot available
WednesdayNot available
Thursday08:15 - 15:45
Friday08:15 - 15:45
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

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

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+9)
  • Above suburb average (+8)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–96 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Carrum Downs25%
  • VIC21%

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
29
Nearby centres
76
Carrum Downs
81
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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