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NQF Snapshot Q3 2015

A quarterly report from the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority

November 2015

NQF SNAPSHOT Q3 2015

State of the sector 5 Profile of the sector 7

Progress of assessment and rating 8

Overall quality ratings of services 10

Overall quality ratings by service type 11

Quality area ratings 12

Standard level ratings 12

Element level results 13

Services rated Working Towards NQS 14

Overall quality ratings of centre-based services by SEIFA 15

Overall quality ratings of centre-based services by remoteness classification 15

Waivers 16

Jurisdiction summaries 17

Overview 3

Snapshot highlights 4

Table of contents


NQF Snapshot Q3 2015 is ACECQA’s 11th national report on children’s education and care services operating under the National Quality Framework.

It provides analysis and information on the state of the sector, progress of assessment and rating, quality rating of services and waivers held by services.

The data presented in this Snapshot was taken from the National Quality Agenda IT System (NQA ITS) on 1 October 2015 for the period ending 30 September 2015.

This Snapshot includes a profile of the sector and information on service sub-types within centre-based services.

Overview


Figure 1: Number of approved services and number of services with a quality rating by quarter on 30 September 2015

children’s education and care services operating across Australia

services with a quality rating

services are Meeting or Exceeding the National Quality Standard

approved providers operating services

approved providers operating only one children’s education and care service

services rated Excellent by ACECQA

15 022

10 416 (69%)

6982 (67%)

7353

6106 (83%)

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QTR3 QTR4 QTR1 QTR2 QTR3 QTR4 QTR1 QTR2 QTR3

2013 2014 2015

Number of services with an approved rating Number of services

Snapshot highlights

Number of services with a quality rating Number of approved services

NSW

VIC

QLD

NT

SA

WA

TAS

ACT

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State of the sectorFigure 2: Number of approved services by jurisdiction and service type on 30 September 2015

Total Centre-based (CB) 1

13 995Total

15 0224% Increase on Q3 2014

Total Family day care (FDC) 2

10272%

Increase on Q3 201424%3 Increase on Q3 2014

1A centre-based service is an education and care service other than a family day care service. This includes most long day care, preschool and outside school hours care services that are delivered at a centre. It does not include preschools in Tasmania or Western Australia out of scope of the NQF.2A family day care service(FDC) is an education and care service delivered through the use of two or more educators to provide education and care for children in residences, whether or not the service also provides education and care to children at a place other than a residence. They are sometimes known as family day care schemes and they are administered and supported by central coordination units.3From 3 June 2015, changes to Commonwealth Family Assistance Law mean that (for the purposes of CCB funding) FDC services can generally only operate in the jurisdiction where the service approval is held. Before this date FDC services could operate in multiple jurisdictions under one service approval. This means that growth in FDC services in this quarter is partly driven by existing FDC providers gaining separate service approvals in each jurisdiction of operation.

Total

2803

Total

5163

Total

347Total

1152

Total

1111

Total

224

Total

224

Total

3998

CB 2650FDC 153

CB 4796FDC 367

CB 328FDC 19

CB 1115FDC 37

CB 1049FDC 62

CB 218FDC 6

CB 210FDC 14

CB 3629FDC 369


45% 38% 54%

36% 51%

30%

52% 32%

55%

21% 27% 15%

38% 18%

35% 30% 2%

27% 29% 23% 23% 25% 32%

42% 29% 38%

7% 5% 7% 3% 5% 3% 6% 9% 6%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Total ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

Long Day Care Preschool/Kindergarten

Outside School Hours Care Family Day Care Table 1: The number of services by service sub-type and jurisdiction on 30 September 2015

1NQA ITS data collected on service sub-type is self-reported by providers when applying for service approval, and providers may choose multiple service sub-types. For example, a service providing both long day care and outside school hours care, or one providing both long day care and preschool/kindergarten would tick both boxes. 2Providers are not required to notify changes to this information, and therefore this NQA ITS information may not be current. 3

Centre-based services offering more than one type of service are classified as follows: services which provide long day care in addition to any other service type are classified as long day care services; services which provide preschool/kindergarten services as well as outside school hours care services are classified as preschool/kindergarten services; services which provide outside school hours care services only are classified as outside school hours care services.4Excludes preschool/kindergarten operating in Tasmania and Western Australia that are out of scope of the NQF.5 ‘Nature of Care Other’ excluded for graphical purposes.

This is the first time that service sub-type and provider management type has been reported as part of the NQF Snapshot. These types of reporting have been developed for a range of purposes including to help governments and other agencies that support children’s education and care providers to better tailor their training, communications and professional development services to the respective sub-sectors. In the longer term this type of information will also assist evaluation of how the NQF is working for children and families across different parts of the sector.

Figure 3: Proportion of services by service sub-type and jurisdiction on 30 September 20151,2,3,4,5

Family day care

Long day care

Preschool/Kindergarten

Outside school hours

care

Nature of care other

Total

ACT 19 133 95 100 0 347

NSW 367 2793 790 1213 0 5163

NT 6 80 85 51 2 224

QLD 153 1427 506 713 4 2803

SA 37 347 405 363 0 1152

TAS 14 117 0 93 0 224

VIC 369 1269 1204 1156 0 3998

WA 62 609 19 419 2 1111

TOTAL 1027 6775 3104 4108 8 15 022

Note: Due to rounding, individual values may not add to 100%.

Long day care Preschool/Kindergarten Outside school hours care Family day care


Figure 4: Proportion of approved services by provider management type on 30 September 20151,2

Profile of the sector

35%Community4%

Non- govern-ment school

4%Management type unreported

14%Government

Figure 5: Proportion of approved providers with services by size on 30 September 2015

1National Quality Agenda IT System (NQA ITS) data collected on provider management type is self-reported by providers when applying for service approval. Reporting on provider management type is not mandatory and therefore, may not be current. 2ACECQA has applied the same counting method as the Report on Government Services for provider management type categories. This is a condensed version of ABS provider management type classifications.

43%Private

Large (25 or more services)

Medium (2 -24 services)

Small (1 service)

83%16%1%

Total providers operating services

2% Increase on

Q3 2014

7353


Table 2: Quality ratings by jurisdiction on 30 September 2015

Number of services

Proportion of nationally

approved services

Number of services with a quality rating

Proportion of services with a quality rating

Centre-based care 13 995 93% 10 038 72%

Family day care 1027 7% 378 37%

TOTAL 15 022 100% 10 416 69%

Table 3: Quality ratings by service type on 30 September 2015

Number of services

Proportion of nationally

approved services

Number of services with a quality rating

Proportion of services with a quality rating

ACT 347 2% 256 74%

NSW 5163 34% 3587 69%

NT 224 1% 166 74%

QLD 2803 19% 2118 76%

SA 1152 8% 454 39%

TAS 224 1% 197 88%

VIC 3998 27% 3190 80%

WA 1111 7% 448 40%

TOTAL 15 022 100% 10 416 69%

Progress of assessment and rating



Table 4: The number of services with a quality rating by service sub-type and jurisdiction on 30 September 2015

Family day care

Long day care


Outside school hours

care

Nature of care other

Total

ACT 5 108 61 82 0 256

NSW 105 2278 622 582 0 3587

NT 4 73 45 42 2 166

QLD 71 1073 445 528 1 2118

SA 4 156 140 154 0 454

TAS 9 107 0 81 0 197

VIC 165 1111 1081 833 0 3190

WA 15 331 3 98 1 448

TOTAL 378 5237 2397 2400 4 10 416

50% 42% 64%

44% 51% 34%

54% 35%

74%

23% 24%

17%

27% 21%

31% 34%

1% 23% 32%

16% 25% 25% 34% 41%

26% 22%

4% 2% 3% 2% 3% 1% 5% 5% 3%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Total ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

Long Day Care Preschool/Kindergarten

Outside School Hours Care Family Day Care

Figure 6: Proportion of services with a quality rating by service sub-type and jurisdiction on 30 September 20151,2,3,4,5

Long day care Preschool/Kindergarten Outside school hours care Family day care

Progress of assessment and rating

Figure 6 shows the proportion of services with a quality rating by service sub-type in each jurisdiction. For example, in New South Wales, long day care comprised 64% of all services that have received an assessment and rating; in contrast, long day care comprised 35% of quality rated services in Victoria.

1NQA ITS data collected on service sub-type is self-reported by providers when applying for service approval, and providers may choose multiple service sub-types. For example, a service providing both long day care and outside school hours care, or one providing both long day care and preschool/kindergarten would tick both boxes. 2Providers are not required to notify changes to this information, and therefore this NQA ITS information may not be current. 3

Centre-based services offering more than one type of service are classified as follows: services which provide long day care in addition to any other service type are classified as long day care services; services which provide preschool/kindergarten services as well as outside school hours care services are classified as preschool/kindergarten services; services which provide outside school hours care services only are classified as outside school hours care services.4Excludes preschool/kindergarten operating in Tasmania and Western Australia that are out of scope of the NQF.5 ‘Nature of Care Other’ excluded for graphical purposes.


Significant Improvement RequiredService does not meet one of the seven quality areas or a section of the legislation and there is an unacceptable risk to the safety, health and wellbeing of children.Immediate action will be taken to address issues.

Meeting National Quality StandardService meets the National Quality Standard.Service provides quality education and care in all seven quality areas.

Working Towards National Quality StandardService may be meeting the National Quality Standard in a range of areas, but there are one or more areas identified for improvement.

Exceeding National Quality StandardService goes beyond the requirements of the National Quality Standard in at least four of the seven quality areas.

ExcellentService promotes exceptional education and care, demonstrates sector leadership, and is committed to continually improving.This rating can only be awarded by ACECQA.Services rated Exceeding National Quality Standard overall may choose to apply for this rating.

Partnerships with fami-lies and communities

Leadership and service management

Relationships with children

Staffing arrangements

Physical environment

Children’s health and safety

Educational program and practice

Authorised officers from state and territory regulatory authorities assess and rate services using the seven quality areas, 18 standards and 58 elements that make up the National Quality Standard. Services are given a rating for each of the seven quality areas and an overall rating.

Overall quality ratings of services

Table 5: Overall quality rating results by jurisdiction on 30 September 2015

Significant Improvement

Required

Working Towards NQS

Meeting NQS

Exceeding NQS

Excellent rated

TOTAL

ACT 0 128 (50%) 53 (21%) 70 (27%) 5 256

NSW 8 1483 (41%) 1314 (37%) 772 (22%) 10 3587

NT 0 132 (80%) 19 (11%) 14 (8%) 1 166

QLD 1 582 (27%) 848 (40%) 678 (32%) 9 2118

SA 0 142 (31%) 117 (26%) 189 (42%) 6 454

TAS 0 78 (40%) 67 (34%) 52 (26%) 0 197

VIC 0 657 (21%) 1471 (46%) 1055 (33%) 7 3190

WA 0 183 (41%) 148 (33%) 115 (26%) 2 448

TOTAL 9 3385 (32%) 4037 (39%) 2945 (28%) 40 10 416


32%

46%

39%

31% 29%

21%

Centre-based care Family day care

Working Towards NQS Meeting NQS Exceeding NQS

3211

3921

2864

174

116 81

Figure 7: Quality ratings by quality rating level and service type on 30 September 2015

Figure 8: Quality ratings by centre-based service sub-type on 30 September 2015

Outside school hours care

Long day care


Overall quality ratings by service type


36%

14%

40%

39%

34%

45%

24%

51%

15%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Long Day Care


Outside School Hours Care

Working Towards NQS

Meeting NQS Exceeding NQS




Figure 9: Quality ratings by quality area nationally on 30 September 2015


Quality area ratings

Standard level ratings Figure 10 ranks the 18 standards of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each standard.


24% 19% 20%

8% 9% 11%

19%

50%

58% 54%

62%

52% 54% 51%

26% 22%

26% 30%

39% 36%

29%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%

QA 1 QA 2 QA 3 QA 4 QA 5 QA 6 QA 7


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Standard 1.2

Standard 1.1

Standard 3.3

Standard 2.3

Standard 7.2

Standard 7.1

Standard 2.1

Standard 3.2

Standard 7.3

Standard 6.3

Standard 5.2

Standard 3.1

Standard 2.2

Standard 5.1

Standard 4.1

Standard 6.2

Standard 4.2

Standard 6.1


Figure 10: Standard level ratings on 30 September 2015


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

1.2.3 1.2.1 3.3.1 3.3.2 1.1.3 7.2.2 3.2.1 7.1.4 1.2.2 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.6 2.3.3 1.1.4 7.3.5 3.2.2 6.3.4 2.1.3 2.3.2 5.2.2 4.1.1 7.2.3 7.2.1 5.1.2 2.1.2 5.2.3 2.2.1 6.3.1 7.3.1 7.1.2 2.2.2 3.1.2 2.3.1 2.1.1 1.1.5 6.2.2 3.1.3 6.1.2 4.2.2 4.2.1 2.3.4 5.1.1 2.1.4 5.2.1 5.1.3 7.1.1 6.3.2 6.3.3 7.3.2 6.2.1 3.1.1 7.3.3 7.3.4 4.2.3 7.1.5 7.1.3 6.1.3 6.1.1

Met Not Met

Element level resultsThe 18 standards of the NQS are outcome statements. Under each standard sit elements that contribute to the standard being achieved. There are 58 elements in total. Figure 11 looks at the element level results for the 3394 services with a quality rating of Significant Improvement Required or Working Towards NQS. Figure 11 ranks the 58 elements of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of those services that do not meet each element.

Met Not Met

Figure 11: Element level results for services rated Working Towards or Significant Improvement Required on 30 September 2015


Services rated Working Towards NQS

A service will receive an overall rating of Working Towards NQS if any of the seven quality areas are rated as Working Towards NQS. A quality area will be rated as Working Towards NQS if any of the standards within that quality area are rated as Working Towards NQS.

38%1-2 quality areas rated Working Towards NQS


13% 11-18 standards rated Working Towards NQS

37%5-10 standards rated Working Towards NQS

50%1-4 standards rated Working Towards NQS

Figure 12: Proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS by number of quality areas rated Working Towards on 30 September 2015

Figure 13: Proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS by number of standards rated Working Towards on 30 September 2015




SEIFA is a product that ranks areas according to socio-economic advantage and disadvantage based on census data. Variables used cover a number of areas including household income, education, employment, occupation, housing and other indicators of advantage and disadvantage.

Figure 15: Quality ratings by remoteness classification on 30 September 2015

Figure 14: Quality ratings by SEIFA Index of Relative Disadvantage on 30 September 2015

Overall quality ratings of centre-based services by SEIFA1

Overall quality ratings of centre-based services by remoteness classification2

1FDC services are excluded from SEIFA classification because their approval is not specific to one location.2FDC services are excluded from remoteness classification because their approval is not specific to one location.

32% 30% 35%

48%

36% 33%

38% 43%

38%

30%

46%

30% 29% 27% 27%

22% 18%

37%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Major Cities of Australia

Inner Regional Australia

Outer Regional Australia

Remote Australia

Very Remote Australia

N/A


0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

1 (most) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (least) N/A





Waivers

Figure 17: Proportion of approved services with a waiver by jurisdiction and waiver category on 30 September 2015

Under the Education and Care Services National Law, an approved provider may apply for a service or temporary waiver from a certain requirement of the Education and Care Services National Regulations, or for a prescribed element/s of the National Quality Standard. Waivers are classified under two broad categories and may be granted for certain staffing requirements or physical environment requirements, or both. A provider can apply for a service waiver, which does not have a specific expiry date, or a temporary waiver which is granted for up to 12 months.

As at 30 September 2015, 5.5% or 833 education and care services are operating with at least one waiver.

Due to the small number of services in some jurisdictions, small changes in the number of services with a waiver across quarters may translate into large percentage changes.

Figure 16: Proportion of approved services with a waiver by jurisdiction on 30 September 2015

% of approved services with a waiver

% Physical % Staff % Both

6%

9%

7% 8%

5% 4%

9%

3%

10%

0%

3%

6%

9%

12%

15%

National ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

% of approved services with a waiver

2% 1%

3%

0%

3%

0%

5%

1% 1%

3%

6%

3%

9%

2%

4%

6%

2%

8%

0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%

3%

6%

9%

12%

15%

National ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA

% Physical % Staff % Both


Figure 18: ACT services with a quality rating by quality area on 30 September 2015

On 30 September 2015 the Australian Capital Territory had:

45%

28%

39%

8%

19%

27%

18%

37%

46%

37%

52%

39% 41% 43%

18%

26% 24%

40% 43%

32%

39%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%



Australian Capital Territory summary

Contact detailsEducation and Training Directorate Children’s Education and Care Assurance

www.det.act.gov.au


services comprising 328 centre-based services and 19 family day care services


services rated Working Towards NQS

services rated Meeting NQS

services rated Exceeding NQS


347

256 (74%)

128

53

70

5


Figure 19: NSW services with a quality rating by quality area on 30 September 2015

On 30 September 2015 New South Wales had:

31% 26% 27%

12% 11% 14%

26%

49%

57% 53%

62% 58% 57%

52%

20% 17%

19%

26% 31% 29%

22%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%



New South Wales summary

Contact detailsDepartment of Education Early Childhood Education and Care Directorate

www.det.nsw.edu.au




services rated Significant Improvement Required





5163

3587 (69%)

8

1483

1314

772

10


Figure 20: NT services with a quality rating by quality area on 30 September 2015

On 30 September 2015 the Northern Territory had:

64% 60%

50%

35%

24% 22%

54%

22%

34% 36%

50% 46%

55%

36%

14%

5%

14% 15%

30% 23%

11%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%



224

166 (74%)

132

19

14

1

Northern Territory summary

Contact detailsDepartment of Education Quality Education and Care NT

www.det.nt.edu.au


services comprising 218 centre-based services and six family day care services





service rated Excellent by ACECQA


Figure 21: Qld services with a quality rating by quality area on 30 September 2015

On 30 September 2015 Queensland had:

Queensland summary

Contact detailsDepartment of Education and Training Early Childhood Education and Care

www.dete.qld.gov.au/earlychildhood




service rated Significant Improvement Required





2803

2118 (76%)

1

582

848

678

9

21% 16%

19%

6% 10% 12%

16%

53% 52% 55%

60%

50% 50% 49%

27% 32%

26%

34%

40% 38% 35%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%




Figure 22: SA services with a quality rating by quality area on 30 September 2015

On 30 September 2015 South Australia had:

Contact detailsEducation and Early Childhood Services Registration and Standards Board of South Australia

www.eecsrsb.sa.gov.au

25%

15% 18%

8% 9% 9%

19%

32%

57%

46%

55%

29%

46% 44% 43%

28%

36% 37%

61%

45%

37%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%




South Australia summary







1152

454 (39%)

142

117

189

6


Figure 23: Tas services with a quality rating by quality area on 30 September 2015

On 30 September 2015 Tasmania had:

Contact detailsDepartment of Education

Education and Care Unit

www.education.tas.gov.au


Tasmania summary






224

197 (88%)

78

67

52

27% 22%

27%

8% 9% 14%

23%

52% 56%

53%

70%

61%

46%

37%

20% 21% 20% 22%

30%

40% 40%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%




Figure 24: Vic services with a quality rating by quality area on 30 September 2015

On 30 September 2015 Victoria had:

13% 10% 9%

5% 5% 3%

12%

55%

68%

59% 65%

50% 54% 55%

32%

22%

32% 30%

45% 42%

32%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%










3998

3190 (80%)

657

1471

1055

7

Victoria summary

Contact detailsDepartment of Education and Training

Quality Assessment and Regulation Division

www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/providers/regulation


Figure 25: WA services with a quality rating by quality area on 30 September 2015

On 30 September 2015 Western Australia had:


33%

23% 25%

8% 7% 13%

20%

43% 49%

56%

64%

54% 56% 50%

25% 28%

19%

27%

39%

31% 29%

0%

15%

30%

45%

60%

75%



Contact detailsDepartment of Local Government and Communities Education and Care Regulatory Unit

www.dlgc.wa.gov.au

Western Australia summary







1111

448 (40%)

183

148

115

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