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Guardian Childcare & Education Caloundra

4 Lomond Cres, Caloundra West, QLD, 4551

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Guardian Community Early Learning Centres PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-40002827
Approved places
121
Approval granted
2015-06-06
Phone
0754053621
Last visit date
2026-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Oct 2024

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyWorking Towards NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Apr 2023)

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

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth to over preschool age, including school 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

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

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-18)
  • Below suburb average (-14)
  • Below state average (-15)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 63–91 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres25%
  • Caloundra West25%
  • QLD14.1%

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
121
Nearby centres
98
Caloundra West
115
QLD
83

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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