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Little Nippers Early Learning And Child Care

Smarties Pre School, 5 Kyeamba Street, Merimbula, NSW, 2548

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Approval number
SE-00008230
Approved places
56
Approval granted
2009-05-15
Phone
02 6495 4155
Last visit date
March 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 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 (Sep 2019)

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

Monday07:30 - 18:30
Tuesday07:30 - 18:30
Wednesday07:30 - 18:30
Thursday07:30 - 18:30
Friday07:30 - 18:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

From 22 June 2026, the service may temporarily increase its maximum number to provide education and care for one additional child on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week provided that: a) the additional child for whom care is provided is the child named in the application to amend the service approval, dated 11 June 2026 and with reference number APP-00059535; and b) the approved provider ensures that the child named in APP-00059535 is accommodated in the first available vacancy at the service; and c) the approved provider must notify the Regulatory Authority in writing within 24 hours if the child who is named in APP-00059535 has been placed in a vacancy or has ceased to attend the service. d) This condition expires on 22 December 2026. From this time, the approved provider can only provide education and care to a maximum of 56 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

Little Nippers Early Learning And Child Care against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

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

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–96 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (5)86
  • Merimbula (3)92
  • NSW (6138)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres40%
  • Merimbula66.7%
  • 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
56
Nearby centres
52
Merimbula
52
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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