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St Thomas Aquinas Early Learning Centre West Belconnen

St Thomas Aquinas School, 25 Lhotsky St, Charnwood, ACT, 2615

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Catholic Archdiocese OF Canberra AND Goulburn Education Limited
Approval number
SE-00009840
Approved places
44
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0427439931
Last visit date
July 2025

NQS ratings

Issued Sep 2025

  • 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 leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Jun 2018)

Nature of care

  • Long day care: Yes
  • 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

Typical weekly hours

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

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

St Thomas Aquinas Early Learning Centre West Belconnen against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

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

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 85–96 so gaps are visible

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres50%
  • Charnwood66.7%
  • 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
44
Nearby centres
94
Charnwood
85
ACT
85

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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