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Elder Street Early Childhood Centre

136 Elder Street, Lambton, NSW, 2299

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Ms Melissa Duffy-Fagan
Approval number
SE-00007181
Approved places
39
Approval granted
2008-12-26
Phone
02 4953 9300
Last visit date
August 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Sep 2025

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

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (May 2019)

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

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

Elder Street Early Childhood Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+6)
  • Above suburb average (+5)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–96 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (8)89
  • Lambton (4)90
  • NSW (6138)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres37.5%
  • Lambton50%
  • NSW18.2%

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
39
Nearby centres
62
Lambton
65
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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