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Wattle Early Childhood Centre

Childcare Centre, 38 Wattle St, Lyneham, ACT, 2602

Exceeding NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Wattle Community Association INCORPORATED
Approval number
SE-00009855
Approved places
33
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0262487647
Last visit date
2026-05-01

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 2023

  • 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 childrenMeeting NQS
  • QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
  • QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Oct 2016)

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 - 17:45
Tuesday08:00 - 17:45
Wednesday08:00 - 17:45
Thursday08:00 - 17:45
Friday08:00 - 17:45
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

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

Exceeding NQS
  • Above nearby average (+10)
  • Above suburb average (+11)
  • Above state average (+7)

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 79–97 so gaps are visible

  • This centre95
  • Nearby centres (8)85
  • Lyneham (4)84
  • ACT (371)88

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreExceeding NQS
  • Nearby centres37.5%
  • Lyneham25%
  • 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
33
Nearby centres
72
Lyneham
90
ACT
85

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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