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Rainbow Central Ballina Ooshc

Ballina Public School, 30-52 Crane Street, Ballina, NSW, 2478

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
THE Rainbow Childrens Centre INC
Approval number
SE-40001452
Approved places
48
Approval granted
2013-12-18
Phone
0266866621
Last visit date
October 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Sep 2022

  • OverallMeeting NQS
  • QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
  • QA2 Children's health and safetyExceeding NQS
  • QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
  • QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
  • QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (Jan 2020)

Nature of care

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

Hours

School terms, session 1

Monday15:00 - 18:30
Tuesday15:00 - 18:30
Wednesday15:00 - 18:30
Thursday15:00 - 18:30
Friday15:00 - 18:30
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

School terms, session 2

Monday07:00 - 09:00
Tuesday07:00 - 09:00
Wednesday07:00 - 09:00
Thursday07:00 - 09:00
Friday07:00 - 09:00
SaturdayNot available
SundayNot available

Holiday care

Monday08:00 - 17:30
Tuesday08:00 - 17:30
Wednesday08:00 - 17:30
Thursday08:00 - 17:30
Friday08:00 - 17:30
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

Rainbow Central Ballina Ooshc against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Below nearby average (-8)
  • Below suburb average (-7)
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–95 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)93
  • Ballina (9)92
  • NSW (6138)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres87.5%
  • Ballina77.8%
  • NSW18.2%

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
48
Nearby centres
67
Ballina
64
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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