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Lakes Entrance Preschool

49A Coates Road, Lakes Entrance, VIC, 3909

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Young Mens Christian Association OF Ballarat INC
Approval number
SE-00003797
Approved places
55
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0343111549
Last visit date
June 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Dec 2022

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyExceeding 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: Exceeding NQS (Sep 2017)

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

Monday09:00 - 14:00
Tuesday09:00 - 14:00
WednesdayNot available
Thursday09:00 - 14:00
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday08:30 - 13:30
Tuesday08:30 - 13:30
WednesdayNot available
Thursday08:30 - 13:30
Friday08:30 - 13:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

The educator to child ratio for children aged 36 months of age to preschool age will be at least one educator to 11.5 children.

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

Lakes Entrance Preschool 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 83–87 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • Lakes Entrance0%
  • 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
55
Nearby centres
67
Lakes Entrance
65
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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