Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Central

NQS ratings

Issued Dec 2025

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

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Dec 2019)

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

Approval conditions

The service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including over preschool age. The service is not approved to provide education and care to school children. The mirror and CCTV and monitors installed at the service are constantly maintained and operational to ensure the facilitation of supervision of children at all times they are being educated and cared for at the service, having regard to the need to maintain the rights and dignity of the children as required under regulation 115 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations (National Regulations). At least one (1) additional staff member, in addition to the number required to meet the educator-to-child ratios, specified under regulation 123 of the National Regulations, must be available at all times and assist in evacuating the service during rehearsals and in the event of an emergency.