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Lower Plenty Kindergarten

34 Glenauburn Rd, Lower Plenty, VIC, 3093

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareTemporarily closed
Provider
Young Mens Christian Association OF Ballarat INC
Approval number
SE-00003064
Approved places
26
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0343290441
Last visit date
2025-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Sep 2023

  • OverallExceeding NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyExceeding NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Sep 2018)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): Yes
  • Outside school hours care (after school): No
  • Outside school hours care (before school): No
  • Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
  • Other: No

Hours

School terms, session 1

Monday09:00 - 14:00
Tuesday08:30 - 16:00
Wednesday09:00 - 14:00
Thursday08:30 - 16:00
Friday09:00 - 14:00
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

Lower Plenty Kindergarten against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Below nearby average (-16)
  • Below suburb average (-9)
  • Below state average (-13)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 67–91 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres37.5%
  • Lower Plenty25%
  • 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
26
Nearby centres
80
Lower Plenty
76
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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