This report highlights how education and care service providers and regulators adopted new strategies to support and protect children, staff and families from the risks presented by the 2019–20 bushfires and coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic.

The Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) has released its 31st NQF Snapshot report, summarising quality rating results for education and care services operating under the National Quality Framework (NQF). The report finds 82% of services are rated Meeting National Quality Standard (NQS) or above – the highest proportion since quality ratings began...

This study draws together information from a variety of sources on the opportunities being provided to young Australians for mastering the skills needed to be well prepared for the future. Its goal is to show where the strengths and weaknesses of the education system lay prior to the COVID-19 crisis, to point to areas where...

The SVA Bright Spots Schools Connection is a Collaborative Leadership Development Network (CLDN) launched in 2014 by Social Ventures Australia. A review of international literature, presented in this report, shows that in recent decades, collaboration has become a priority in schooling and education reform across the globe, especially for disadvantaged school communities.

This report includes a focus on vocational education and training, investigating participation in vocational education and training at various levels of education, the labour market and social outcomes of vocational graduates as well as the human and financial resources invested in vocational institutions.