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Lipscombe Child Care Services - Nutgrove Annexe

Sandy Bay Infant School, 568 Sandy Bay Road, Sandy Bay, TAS, 7005

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Lipscombe Child Care Services INC
Approval number
SE-00010005
Approved places
86
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
03 6225 3241
Last visit date
April 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2024

  • 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 (Nov 2018)

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): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (before school): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): Yes
  • 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

School terms, session 1

Monday07:45 - 09:00
Tuesday07:45 - 09:00
Wednesday07:45 - 09:00
Thursday07:45 - 09:00
Friday07:45 - 09:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday14:45 - 18:00
Tuesday14:45 - 18:00
Wednesday14:45 - 18:00
Thursday14:45 - 18:00
Friday14:45 - 18:00
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

Lipscombe Child Care Services - Nutgrove Annexe against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+5)
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Above state average (+11)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 80–97 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres50%
  • Sandy Bay55.6%
  • TAS18.9%

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
86
Nearby centres
70
Sandy Bay
72
TAS
61

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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