We have noted that there are 39 centres across the country that currently have a rating of "Excellent", as follows:

• ACT

• Forrest Primary School OSHC Forrest ACT 2603
• Australian Sports Commission - AIS Caretaker's Cottage Child Care Centre Bruce ACT 2617

• NSW

• Warrawee Care Centre Inc Warrawee NSW 2074
• Northern Beaches Council - Belrose Community & Children's Centre Belrose NSW 2085
• Learning Links Child Care Peakhurst NSW 2210
• SDN Children's Services - Riverwood Riverwood NSW 2210
• Goodstart Early Learning Tuggerah Tuggerah NSW 2259
• Adamstown Community Early Learning and Preschool Inc Adamstown NSW 2289
• Discovery Early Education Pty Ltd Thrumster NSW 2444
• The Illawarra Grammar School OSHC West Wollongong NSW 2500
• Bermagui Pre School Co-Operative Society Ltd Bermagui NSW 2546
• Goodstart Early Learning Bathurst Bathurst NSW 2795

• QLD

• Everton Park Child Care and Development Centre Everton Park QLD 4053
• Indooroopilly Montessori Children's House Indooroopilly QLD 4068
• Choices Family Day Care Forest Lake QLD 4078
• John Paul College OSHC Daisy Hill QLD 4127
• Rosie's Early Learning Pty Ltd Daisy Hill QLD 4127
• Eagleby Kids Early Learning Centre Eagleby QLD 4207
• The Southport School Early Learning Centre Southport QLD 4215
• Milford Lodge Child Care Buderim QLD 4556

• SA

• Nazareth Early Childhood Centre Findon SA 5023
• Keithcot Farm Children's Centre Wynn Vale SA 5127

• VIC

• Gowrie Victoria Broadmeadows Valley Broadmeadows VIC 3047
• INSPIRE Early Learning Journey - Heidelberg Heidelberg West VIC 3081
• Essex Heights Juniors Mount Waverley VIC 3149
• Clarendon Children's Centre Co-operative Ltd South Melbourne VIC 3205

Congratulations to all these centres on getting such a great reward for all their hard work!

But what is an Excellent rating?

Once a child care provider has been assessed as Exceeding the National Quality Standards in all areas, they can apply for the rating of Excellent.

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The current break down of ratings is:

• 39 services, as above - Excellent
• 4123 services - Exceeding NQS
• 9212 services - Meeting NQS
• 1946 services have been assessed but are still only Working Towards NQS
• Only 4 services show Significant Improvement Required.

1260 services have not yet been assessed (ie they have "Provisional" rating).

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Disclaimer: This list is updated approximately weekly - while we do our best to keep up to date, a centre being on this page is not the final word on its status. The ACECQA defines that. The status of childcare services is updated when ACECQA publicly publishes the new ratings, not when the service is privately informed - unfortunately, we have to stick with the ACECQA public information.