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Driver Preschool

37 Driver Ave, Driver, NT, 0830

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Department OF Education AND Training
Approval number
SE-00002453
Approved places
66
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
(08) 8935 9000
Last visit date
March 2026

NQS ratings

Issued May 2026

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

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (Nov 2023)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): Yes
  • 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

School terms, session 1

Monday08:00 - 14:30
Tuesday08:00 - 14:30
Wednesday08:00 - 12:00
ThursdayNot available
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

MondayNot available
TuesdayNot available
Wednesday08:00 - 12:00
Thursday08:00 - 14:30
Friday08:00 - 14:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The verandah space must be used as indoor space for the service to have a maximum number of 66 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

Driver Preschool against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+14)
  • Above suburb average (+13)
  • Above state average (+10)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 76–97 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (8)81
  • Driver (2)83
  • NT (234)85

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Driver50%
  • NT7.3%

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
66
Nearby centres
99
Driver
86
NT
64

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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