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Little Paddington Child Care Centre And Kindergarten

412 Waverley Road, Malvern East, VIC, 3145

Working Towards NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Paddington Bear PTY LTD
Approval number
SE-00003377
Approved places
60
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0395723838
Last visit date
June 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Sep 2025

  • OverallWorking Towards NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyWorking Towards NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipWorking Towards NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Aug 2022)

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

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

Approval conditions

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

Little Paddington Child Care Centre And Kindergarten against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Working Towards NQS
  • Below nearby average (-20)
  • Below suburb average (-16)
  • Below state average (-16)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 62–93 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreWorking Towards NQS
  • Nearby centres50%
  • Malvern East30.8%
  • 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
60
Nearby centres
79
Malvern East
78
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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