ChildcareScout

Rainbow Cottage Child Care Centre Dubbo

Mitchell Street, Dubbo, NSW, 2830

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Dubbo Regional Council
Approval number
SE-00008806
Approved places
58
Approval granted
2007-06-25
Phone
0268014480
Last visit date
January 2026

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2024

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

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Oct 2018)

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

Monday08:00 - 18:00
Tuesday08:00 - 18:00
Wednesday08:00 - 18:00
Thursday08:00 - 18:00
Friday08:00 - 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

Rainbow Cottage Child Care Centre Dubbo against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+6)
  • Above suburb average (+9)
  • Above state average (+9)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–96 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (8)89
  • Dubbo (33)86
  • NSW (6138)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres62.5%
  • Dubbo21.2%
  • 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
58
Nearby centres
87
Dubbo
87
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

View suburb charts and all local services

Nearby services

All childcare in Dubbo