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Guardian Childcare & Education Bruce

22 Thynne Street, Bruce, ACT, 2617

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-40004913
Approved places
156
Approval granted
2016-02-26
Phone
0262219180
Last visit date
July 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Jul 2021

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceWorking Towards NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentWorking Towards NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenWorking Towards NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (May 2018)

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

Monday06:30 - 18:30
Tuesday06:30 - 18:30
Wednesday06:30 - 18:30
Thursday06:30 - 18:30
Friday06:30 - 18:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

For each day the Service provides education and care to children, the Provider must engage one additional educator in each learning space for each age group, above the minimum number required under Regulation 123. This includes ensuring coverage for all breaks and any other periods when an educator is not directly working with children, as defined by Regulation 13.

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

Guardian Childcare & Education Bruce against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-19)
  • Below suburb average (-15)
  • Below state average (-18)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 63–91 so gaps are visible

  • This centre70
  • Nearby centres (8)89
  • Bruce (7)85
  • ACT (371)88

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres50%
  • Bruce42.9%
  • ACT40.7%

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
156
Nearby centres
90
Bruce
95
ACT
85

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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