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Karingal Preschool Nelson Bay

Karingal Pre School, 14 Gowrie Avenue, Nelson Bay, NSW, 2315

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Karingal Pre-School Nelson Bay INC
Approval number
SE-00007724
Approved places
30
Approval granted
2009-07-19
Phone
0249812172
Last visit date
September 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Oct 2025

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

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Oct 2019)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (after school): No
  • Outside school hours care (before school): No
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
  • Other: No

Hours

School terms, session 1

Monday08:15 - 15:45
Tuesday08:15 - 15:45
Wednesday08:15 - 15:45
Thursday08:15 - 15:45
Friday08:15 - 15:45
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

Karingal Preschool Nelson Bay against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+9)
  • Above suburb average (+8)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–96 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Nelson Bay16.7%
  • 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
30
Nearby centres
55
Nelson Bay
40
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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