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Communities@work Abacus Child Care And Education Centre

Treasury Building, Parkes Place West, Parkes, ACT, 2600

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Communities@work
Approval number
SE-00009744
Approved places
143
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0261102400
Last visit date
July 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Dec 2019

  • 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 childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (May 2014)

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

Monday07:45 - 18:00
Tuesday07:45 - 18:00
Wednesday07:45 - 18:00
Thursday07:45 - 18:00
Friday07:45 - 18:00
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

Communities@work Abacus Child Care And Education Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+5)
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Above state average (+7)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 85–96 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (8)90
  • Parkes (1)95
  • ACT (371)88

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres50%
  • Parkes100%
  • 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
143
Nearby centres
91
Parkes
143
ACT
85

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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