This report details the performance of the National Quality Framework (NQF) across the early childhood education and care sector over the past five years and provides analysis against the objectives and outcomes of the National Partnership on the National Quality Agenda.

The NQF Evaluation Framework was developed by ACECQA with state and territory governments and the Australian Government to provide a common way of understanding whether and how the Nation Quality Framework (NQF) is meeting its objectives. The framework lays the foundation and parameters for ongoing evaluation projects that link to the objectives. It builds a...

ACECQA announced that 93% of all children’s education and care services approved under the National Quality Framework (NQF) have received a quality rating, with 75% rated at ‘Meeting National Quality Standard’ (NQS) or above (as at 30 September 2017). To be rated ‘Meeting NQS’, 58 individual elements of quality must be met by an education...

This occasional paper is the fifth in a series on the National Quality Framework (NQF).

As at 30 June 2017, 14,106 children’s education and care services (91% of all services approved to operate under the National Quality Framework) have received a quality rating, with 73% rated at Meeting National Quality Standard (NQS) or above. There have also been almost 2,500 quality rating reassessments. ACECQA Chief Executive Officer Gabrielle Sinclair said...