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Far North Coast Family Day Care

U 2 90 Tamar St, Ballina, NSW, 2478

Exceeding NQSFamily Day CareOperating
Approval number
SE-00006506
Approved places
Not available
Approval granted
2006-10-02
Phone
0266867799
Last visit date
2026-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Dec 2023

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

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Dec 2020)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • 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

Monday09:00 - 16:00
Tuesday09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday09:00 - 16:00
Thursday09:00 - 16:00
Friday09:05 - 15:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

Monday09:00 - 16:00
Tuesday09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday09:00 - 16:00
Thursday09:00 - 16:00
Friday09:00 - 16:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The approved provider must ensure that the maximum number of family day care educators employed or engaged by the service does not exceed 80. The approved provider must employ at least 1 full time qualified family day care co-ordinator for every 25 family day care educators providing education and care to 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

Far North Coast Family Day Care against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Above state average (+6)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 83–94 so gaps are visible

  • This centre92
  • Nearby centres (8)93
  • Ballina (9)92
  • NSW (6138)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres75%
  • Ballina77.8%
  • 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
NA
Nearby centres
64
Ballina
64
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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