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Carey St Kindergarten

9 Carey St, Ararat, VIC, 3377

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Young Mens Christian Association OF Ballarat INC
Approval number
SE-00014100
Approved places
30
Approval granted
2013-01-25
Phone
0343111508
Last visit date
November 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Jul 2024

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

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (May 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

Monday08:30 - 14:30
Tuesday08:30 - 14:30
Wednesday08:30 - 14:30
Thursday08:30 - 14:30
Friday08:30 - 14:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday08:30 - 13:30
Tuesday08:30 - 13:30
Wednesday08:30 - 13:30
Thursday08:30 - 13:30
Friday08:30 - 13:30
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

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

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+10)
  • Above suburb average (+9)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 81–97 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (7)85
  • Ararat (8)86
  • VIC (5017)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Ararat12.5%
  • 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
30
Nearby centres
56
Ararat
53
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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