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West Lakes Kindergarten & Early Childhood Centre

294 Sportsmans Drive, West Lakes, SA, 5021

Meeting NQSCentre-Based CareOperating
Provider
Department For Education
Approval number
SE-00011111
Approved places
49
Approval granted
2012-01-01
Phone
0883531282
Last visit date
March 2025

NQS ratings

Issued May 2025

  • 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: Exceeding NQS (Jun 2015)

Nature of care

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

Hours

School terms, session 1

Monday09:00 - 15:00
Tuesday09:00 - 15:00
Wednesday09:00 - 15:00
Thursday09:00 - 15:00
FridayNot available
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

West Lakes Kindergarten & Early Childhood Centre against nearby centres, its suburb and state using published ACECQA fields and ChildcareScout Score.

Meeting NQS
  • Similar to nearby average
  • Above suburb average (+5)
  • Similar to state average

ChildcareScout Score

Track zoomed to 78–86 so gaps are visible

  • This centre85
  • Nearby centres (8)82
  • West Lakes (3)80
  • SA (1317)84

Exceeding / Excellent share

  • This centreMeeting NQS
  • Nearby centres0%
  • West Lakes0%
  • SA20.7%

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
49
Nearby centres
85
West Lakes
101
SA
65

Approved places are licensed capacity, not live vacancies.

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Nearby services

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