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Cheeky Chicken Early Learning Centre

4 Conyers St, Hughes, ACT, 2605

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
THE Combined Spiritual Association OF Canberra INCORPORATED
Approval number
SE-40003935
Approved places
27
Approval granted
2015-03-13
Phone
0422991881
Last visit date
June 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Oct 2025

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

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (Apr 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

Typical weekly hours

Monday07:30 - 18:00
Tuesday07:30 - 18:00
Wednesday07:30 - 18:00
Thursday07:30 - 18:00
Friday07:30 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The approval is granted subject to the condition that the veranda area calculated as indoor space is consistently accessible to the children when the service is providing education and care for more than 16 children.

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

Cheeky Chicken Early Learning Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-19)
  • Below suburb average (-13)
  • Below state average (-18)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 62–92 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (8)89
  • Hughes (3)83
  • ACT (371)88

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres37.5%
  • Hughes33.3%
  • ACT40.7%

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
27
Nearby centres
84
Hughes
61
ACT
85

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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