The NQF Snapshot Q4 2015 is ACECQA’s 12th national report on children’s education and care services operating under the National Quality Framework. The data presented in this Snapshot was taken from the National Quality Agenda IT System (NQA ITS) on 1 January 2016 for the period ending 31 December 2015. Snapshot highlights include:

Provides an overview of the child care, education and training sector (CCET), presenting both contextual information and high level performance information. Sector scope The child care, education and training sector services covered in this report comprise:

The Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) was commissioned by Family Day Care Australia to conduct research into quality in family day care. Six high quality services agreed to participate in the study. At each service, the SPRC research team conducted interviews with families, educators, coordination unit staff and representatives from managing organisations, comprising a total...

Since the educational experiences of Aboriginal Australians are often framed from a ‘deficit’ perspective, whereby the failures of Indigenous people to engage with the mainstream educational system are seen as the ‘problem’, an alternative approach to Indigenous early childhood education discourse is preferable. This alternative approach highlights the strengths that many Aboriginal children possess when...

This occasional paper is the first in a series on the National Quality Framework (NQF). This paper offers detailed insights into education and care service quality ratings for Quality Area 1 – Educational Program and Practice, which focuses on ensuring that educational program and practice is stimulating and engaging, enhances children’s learning and development, and...