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Sandhills Early Childhood Centre

6 Gilmore Cres, Byron Bay, NSW, 2481

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Byron Shire Council
Approval number
SE-00008916
Approved places
59
Approval granted
2009-08-08
Phone
0266858118
Last visit date
October 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Apr 2021

  • 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 leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (Nov 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

Monday07:30 - 17:30
Tuesday07:30 - 17:30
Wednesday07:30 - 17:30
Thursday07:30 - 17:30
Friday07:30 - 17:30
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

Sandhills Early Childhood Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Below nearby average (-7)
  • Below suburb average (-5)
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 82–93 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)92
  • Byron Bay (7)90
  • NSW (6138)86

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres50%
  • Byron Bay42.9%
  • 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
59
Nearby centres
47
Byron Bay
48
NSW
63

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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