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Buninyong Childcare Centre

311 Learmonth Street, Buninyong, VIC, 3357

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Miles OF Smilez PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-40011849
Approved places
100
Approval granted
2018-03-27
Phone
0353412641
Last visit date
September 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Feb 2024

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting 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 (Oct 2019)

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

Monday07:00 - 18:00
Tuesday07:00 - 18:00
Wednesday07:00 - 18:00
Thursday07:00 - 18:00
Friday07:00 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The approved provider must take reasonable steps to ensure that the nominated supervisor and staff members of, and volunteers at, the service follow the supervision policy for the service. The approved provider must notify the Regulatory Authority within 14 days of any changes to the supervision policy for the service.

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

Buninyong Childcare Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 83–89 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)86
  • Buninyong (3)88
  • VIC (5017)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Buninyong33.3%
  • 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
100
Nearby centres
63
Buninyong
82
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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