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Guardian Childcare & Education Forrest

25 National Cct, Forrest, ACT, 2603

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Guardian Corporate Early Learning Centres PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-40005756
Approved places
140
Approval granted
2015-11-13
Phone
0291942100
Last visit date
September 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Apr 2025

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting 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: Working Towards NQS (Oct 2020)

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

Monday08:00 - 18:00
Tuesday08:00 - 18:00
Wednesday08:00 - 18:00
Thursday08:00 - 18:00
Friday08:00 - 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

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

Meeting NQS
  • Below nearby average (-8)
  • Below suburb average (-5)
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–94 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)93
  • Forrest (3)90
  • ACT (371)88

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres75%
  • Forrest33.3%
  • 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
140
Nearby centres
78
Forrest
127
ACT
85

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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