Dripstone Children's Centre

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

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Jul 2022)

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 approved provider, Dripstone Children’s Centre Inc must engage an external consultant for a period of at least six months to guide service operations and mentor and train staff. This external consultancy must specifically relate to child protection, child safety, protective behaviours and identifying and responding to children's sexualised behaviours. Evidence of this consultancy must be provided every 30 days, by either the Approved Provider or the consultant to the Regulatory Authority. All persons with management and control and educators who current work directly with children must complete the approved Child Safety training on Geccko – the Australian Government Department of Education’s online learning platform for the ECEC sector by 30 April 2026. Evidence of completion must be provided to the Regulatory Authority.