The NQF Snapshot Q3 2014 is ACECQA’s seventh national report on children’s education and care services.

The data presented in this Snapshot was taken from the National Quality Agenda IT System (NQA ITS) on 1 October 2014 for the quarter ending 30 September 2014. To demonstrate changes over time, including the number of approved children’s education and care services and the progress in the number of services with a quality rating, the data in places has been compared with data from NQF Snapshot Q3 2013.

Snapshot highlights include:

• 14,486 children’s education and care services operating across Australia
• 6722 services have received a quality rating
• 64% of assessed services are Meeting or Exceeding the National Quality Standard
• 6.4% of services across Australia are operating with waivers.