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Gowrie Nsw Shirley Road Preschool Crows Nest

Cnr Shirley Road & Nicholson Street, Crows Nest, NSW, 2065

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Gowrie Nsw
Approval number
SE-00008985
Approved places
25
Approval granted
2009-05-16
Phone
0294392247
Last visit date
2026-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Jan 2024

  • OverallExceeding NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyExceeding NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Dec 2018)

Nature of care

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

Monday08:15 - 15:45
Tuesday08:15 - 15:45
Wednesday08:15 - 15:45
Thursday08:15 - 15:45
Friday08:15 - 15:45
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

Gowrie Nsw Shirley Road Preschool Crows Nest against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

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

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–96 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres50%
  • Crows Nest55.6%
  • 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
25
Nearby centres
48
Crows Nest
45
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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