Blue Gum Early Learning Centre
Blue Gum Pre-School, 49 Stockdale St, Dickson ACT 2602
Blue Gum Early Learning Centre is a long day care centre in Dickson ACT 2602, run by Best Practice Education Group Limited. It is approved for 50 children. It opens 8:00am to 6:00pm on weekdays. It is rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard, last assessed May 2025. It is one of 7 services in Dickson; 5 of them are rated Exceeding the National Quality Standard or Excellent.
Quick facts
- Approved places
- 50
- Service type
- Long day care
- Approved since
- 01/01/2012
- Last assessed
- May 2025
Services offered
- Long day care
- Preschool / kindergarten
Contact & location
- Blue Gum Pre-School, 49 Stockdale St, Dickson ACT 2602
- 02 6230 6776
Opening hours
- Monday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Tuesday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Wednesday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Thursday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Friday
- 8:00am to 6:00pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Fees and vacancies
Blue Gum Early Learning Centre sets its own fees, and kid.com.au does not hold them. Long day care in Australian Capital Territory averaged $16.50 an hour in the June quarter 2026, before the Child Care Subsidy. Services report their current fees and vacancies on StartingBlocks.gov.au, or you can call and ask.
Rating history
- Previous
- Current (Jun 2021)
Rating maintained at Exceeding
Quality area ratings
| CurrentJun 2021 | PreviousMay 2015 | |
|---|---|---|
| QA1Educational program & practice | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA2Children's health & safety | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA3Physical environment | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA4Staffing arrangements | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA5Relationships with children | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA6Partnerships with families & communities | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| QA7Governance & leadership | Exceeding | Exceeding |
| Overall | Exceeding | Exceeding |
Nearby in Dickson
- Brilliant Stars ELC Pty Ltd 32 places Long day care
- Communities@Work Emmaus Out of School Hours Care 99 places Outside school hours care
- Emmaus Christian School Canberra 55 places Long day care
- Majura Early Childhood Centre 45 places Long day care
- Pinocchio Early Learning Centre Dickson 95 places Long day care
- Wonderschool (Dickson) Pty Limited 95 places Long day care
Service details, ratings and hours: ACECQA National Registers, export of 29 October 2026. Average fees: Department of Education, Child Care Subsidy data report, June quarter 2026. Locations are suburb centres. Confirm fees, hours and vacancies with the service. About this data.
About Dickson
ABS Census 2021 data
- Population
- 3,292
- Median age
- 30
- Household income /wk
- $2,277
- Median rent /wk
- $500
- Avg household size
- 2.2