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...

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As at 31 March 2017, 73% of children’s education and care services are rated at Meeting National Quality Standard (NQS) or above, up from 69% a year ago. ACECQA Chief Executive Gabrielle Sinclair said the figures indicated the national assessment and rating system is driving quality improvement.