Little Scholars Parkwood vs Kindy House Labrador
Little Scholars Parkwood and Kindy House Early Learning Labrador are two child care services in neighbouring suburbs, Parkwood and Labrador, about 1.9 km apart. This page sets the public facts side by side so you can compare them before you book a tour. Every figure has a source and a date, listed at the bottom.
Side by side
| Little Scholars Parkwood | Kindy House Early Learning Labrador | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall National Quality Standard (NQS) rating | Exceeding NQS (issued September 2025) | Meeting NQS (issued February 2022) |
| Google rating | 5.0 from 44 reviews | 5.0 from 52 reviews |
| Approved places (ACECQA register) | 77 | 93 |
| Distance apart | About 1.9 km | About 1.9 km |
What the rating means
Every approved education and care service in Australia is assessed against the National Quality Standard and given an overall rating. The national authority, ACECQA, describes Exceeding NQS as going above and beyond what is expected at the Meeting NQS level. To be rated Exceeding overall, all seven quality areas must be at least Meeting, and four or more must be Exceeding, with at least two of those being Quality Areas 1, 5, 6 or 7. The ratings above are the current ones on the register. For more detail see our guides to the National Quality Standard and quality area ratings.
Where each is stronger
Little Scholars Parkwood
- The regulator’s overall rating is Exceeding NQS, against Meeting NQS for Kindy House Early Learning Labrador. Little Scholars Parkwood was rated in September 2025; Kindy House Early Learning Labrador in February 2022.
Kindy House Early Learning Labrador
- A larger Google review base: 52 reviews against 44.
- Greater approved capacity: approved for up to 93 children, against 77 at Little Scholars Parkwood.
Level
- Both have a 5.0 Google rating.
Which factors may matter to you
- If the regulator’s overall rating is your first filter: Little Scholars Parkwood is rated Exceeding NQS and Kindy House Early Learning Labrador is rated Meeting NQS.
- If you want the larger pool of Google reviews to read: Kindy House Early Learning Labrador has 52 against 44 for Little Scholars Parkwood.
- If higher approved capacity matters to you: Kindy House Early Learning Labrador is approved for up to 93 children, against 77 at Little Scholars Parkwood.
These three measures do not cover everything that matters, such as opening hours, programs, educator continuity or how a service feels on a visit, so use them as a starting point.
How to compare any two centres
- Look up each service on the ACECQA register and read the date the rating was issued.
- Ask each service for its most recent assessment and rating report.
- Visit at the time of day your child would be there.
- Ask each service how it keeps families informed about their child’s day.
- Check the opening hours against your working week.
How we checked
Ratings and approved places come from each service’s record on the ACECQA national register, read on 23 October 2026: Little Scholars Parkwood and Kindy House Early Learning Labrador. Google ratings and review counts are as recorded for each service’s Google Business Profile in the directory on 20 October 2026, and they change as reviews are added or removed. Distance is a straight line between the two map locations recorded for each service in the directory. Ratings change when a service is reassessed, so check the register for the current position.
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More on each: Little Scholars Parkwood, Kindy House Early Learning Labrador, child care in Parkwood and all Gold Coast areas.