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Little Emu Academy

16 Balaclava Road, Emu Heights, NSW, 2750

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-00007197
Approved places
58
Approval granted
2009-01-13
Phone
0247356286
Last visit date
September 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Feb 2022

  • 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 (Sep 2017)

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

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

School terms, session 1

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

School terms, session 2

Monday15:00 - 18:00
Tuesday15:00 - 18:00
Wednesday15:00 - 18:00
Thursday15:00 - 18:00
Friday15:00 - 18:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

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

Approval conditions

The approved provider must ensure that the number of children preschool age or under being educated and cared for at any one time at the service is no more than 43 and that the number of children over preschool age being educated and cared for at any one time at the service is no more than 15.

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

Little Emu Academy 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 83–86 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Emu Heights0%
  • 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
58
Nearby centres
73
Emu Heights
51
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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