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Guardian Childcare & Education Thornbury

200 Smith Street, Thornbury, VIC, 3071

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Guardian Community Early Learning Centres PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-00003503
Approved places
80
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0394801023
Last visit date
October 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2024

  • 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: Meeting NQS (Mar 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

Opening hours Not 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 Thornbury against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 80–87 so gaps are visible

  • This centre82
  • Nearby centres (8)83
  • Thornbury (17)85
  • VIC (5017)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Thornbury23.5%
  • VIC21%

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
80
Nearby centres
67
Thornbury
65
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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