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Lyneham Primary School - Downer Preschool Unit

Downer Pre School, 19 Cotton St, Downer, ACT, 2602

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Act Education Directorate
Approval number
SE-00011182
Approved places
22
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0261421720
Last visit date
August 2024

NQS ratings

Issued Oct 2024

  • 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 leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Sep 2015)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: No
  • Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): Yes
  • 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

School terms, session 1

Monday08:45 - 14:45
Tuesday08:45 - 14:45
WednesdayNot available
ThursdayNot available
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday08:45 - 14:45
Tuesday08:45 - 14:45
Wednesday08:50 - 14:45
ThursdayNot available
FridayNot available
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Approval conditions

Not available

Source: ACECQA National Registers

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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

Lyneham Primary School - Downer Preschool Unit against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Below nearby average (-5)
  • Similar to suburb average
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 83–91 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)90
  • Downer (1)85
  • ACT (371)88

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres75%
  • Downer0%
  • ACT40.7%

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
22
Nearby centres
68
Downer
22
ACT
85

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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