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Gumnut Cottage Childcare & Preschool Centre

11 Fitzroy Street, Narrabri, NSW, 2390

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Gumnut Cottage Childcare/preschool Centre PTY Limited
Approval number
SE-00007441
Approved places
28
Approval granted
2007-03-04
Phone
02 6792 5111
Last visit date
September 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2021

  • 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 2016)

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

Monday07:45 - 18:00
Tuesday07:45 - 18:00
Wednesday07:45 - 18:00
Thursday07:45 - 18:00
Friday07:45 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

Not available

Source: ACECQA National Registers

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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

Gumnut Cottage Childcare & Preschool Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

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

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 83–91 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (7)90
  • Narrabri (8)89
  • NSW (6138)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres42.9%
  • Narrabri37.5%
  • NSW18.2%

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
28
Nearby centres
44
Narrabri
42
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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