Little Nippers Early Learning And Child Care

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

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.