Busy Bees At Bellmere

NQS ratings

Issued May 2026

• OverallExceeding NQS
• QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
• QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
• QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
• QA4 Staffing arrangementsExceeding NQS
• QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
• QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
• QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Jan 2021)

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

Hours

Approval conditions

The service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including over preschool age. The service is not approved to provide education and care to school children. The mirrors installed at the service are constantly maintained and operational to ensure the facilitation of supervision of children at all times they are being educated and cared for at the service, having regard to the need to maintain the rights and dignity of the children as required under regulation 115 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations. The barriers installed at the service in Sleep Rooms 1, 2, 3, and 4 are maintained and operational to prevent children accessing the Sleep Rooms unsupervised while they are being educated and cared for in Nursery Rooms 1 and 2.