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Nara Community Early Learning Centre

77-91 St Georges Rd, Preston, VIC, 3072

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Nara Community Child Care Centre INC
Approval number
SE-00003598
Approved places
68
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
03 9471 9914
Last visit date
October 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 2023

  • OverallExceeding NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsExceeding NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Apr 2017)

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

Opening hours Not 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

Nara Community Early Learning Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+6)
  • Above suburb average (+7)
  • Above state average (+6)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–93 so gaps are visible

  • This centre92
  • Nearby centres (8)86
  • Preston (28)85
  • VIC (5017)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres12.5%
  • Preston7.1%
  • 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
68
Nearby centres
124
Preston
99
VIC
72

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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