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NQF Snapshot Q3 2017
A quarterly report from the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority
November 2017
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2NQF SNAPSHOT Q3 2017
Overview 3Snapshot highlights 4Profile of the sector 5Progress of assessment and rating 9Quality improvement 10Overall quality ratings 11Overall quality ratings by provider management type 12Overall quality ratings by service type 13Quality area ratings 14Standard level ratings 14Element level results 15Services rated Working Towards NQS 16Overall quality ratings of centre-based services by SEIFA 17Overall quality ratings of centre-based services by remoteness classification 17
Jurisdiction summaries 18
Table of contents
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NQF Snapshot Q3 2017 is ACECQA’s 19th national report on children’s education and care services operating under the National Quality Framework (NQF).
It provides analysis and information on the profile of the sector, progress of assessment and rating and the quality ratings of services against the National Quality Standard (NQS).
An interactive online version of the Snapshot is available on the ACECQA website.
The data presented in this Snapshot was taken from the National Quality Agenda IT System (NQA ITS) on 1 October 2017 for the period ending 30 September 2017.
Due to rounding, individual percentages in the tables and figures may not add up to 100%.
Overview
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Figure 1: Number of approved services and number of services with a quality rating by quarter
children’s education and care services approved to operate under the NQF
services with a quality rating
services with a quality rating of Meeting NQS or above
providers approved to operate
providers approved to operate only one service
services rated Excellent by ACECQA1
quality rating reassessments completed
of services rated Working Towards NQS improved their overall quality rating at reassessment
Snapshot highlights
Number of services with a quality rating Number of approved services
15,574
14,424 (93%)
10,792 (75%)
7403
6141
502997
69%
1 The Excellent rating is awarded for a period of three years. Unless a reapplication for the Excellent rating is received, a service’s rating will revert back to Exceeding NQS after this three year period. The Snapshot includes the current number of Excellent rated services.
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Profile of the sector
Figure 2: Number of approved services by jurisdiction and service type
1 A 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, as well as other services that aren’t regulated under the National Law.
2 A family day care service is an education and care service delivered through a network of educators operating from residences and other approved venues. They are sometimes known as family day care schemes and they are administered and supported by central coordination units.
NSW
VIC
QLD
NT
SA
WA
TAS
ACT
Total Centre-based (CB) 1
14,719 (95%)Total
15,5741% Increase on Q3 2016
Total Family day care (FDC) 2
855 (5%)2%
Increase on Q3 201619% Decrease on Q3 2016
Total
2892
Total
5343
Total
351Total
1173
Total
1162
Total
222
Total
236
Total
4195
CB 2765FDC 127
CB 5066FDC 277
CB 340FDC 11
CB 1144FDC 29
CB 1119FDC 43
CB 217FDC 5
CB 222FDC 14
CB 3846FDC 349
46% 41% 55%
38% 52%
32%
52% 34%
56%
20% 27% 15%
35% 18%
34% 29% 2%
28% 29% 25% 25% 26% 32% 42%
29% 39%
5% 3% 5% 2% 4% 2% 6% 8% 4%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Total ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA
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Table 1: Number of services by service sub-type and jurisdiction
1 NQA 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 multiple boxes.2 Providers 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.4 Excludes preschool/kindergarten services operating in Tasmania and Western Australia that are out of scope of the NQF, as well as other services that aren’t regulated under the National Law.5 Six services categorised as 'Other' excluded for graphical purposes.
Figure 3: Proportion of services by service sub-type and jurisdiction 1,2,3,4,5
Family day care
Long day care
Preschool/Kindergarten
Outside school hours care
Other Total
ACT 11 143 95 102 0 351
NSW 277 2954 799 1313 0 5343
NT 5 83 76 56 2 222
QLD 127 1494 514 755 2 2892
SA 29 370 399 375 0 1173
TAS 14 122 0 100 0 236
VIC 349 1420 1203 1223 0 4195
WA 43 645 23 449 2 1162
TOTAL 855 7231 3109 4373 6 15,574
Long day care Preschool/Kindergarten Outside school hours care Family day care
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Figure 4: Proportion of approved services by provider management type 1,2,3
1 NQA ITS data collected on provider management type is self-reported by providers when applying for provider approval. Providers are not required to notify changes to this information, and therefore this NQA ITS information may not be current.2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) provider management type classifications have been applied for the purposes of Snapshot reporting. The type of services in these categories can vary significantly. In the case of ‘State/Territory and local government’ managed services, for example, providers include local councils, health departments, the vocational training arms of government, and other government controlled agencies that are not government schools. Provider service sub-type profile also varies significantly across and within jurisdictions. For example, ‘Private for Profit’ services are predominantly comprised of Long Day Care, while ‘State/Territory and local government’ managed services are predominantly comprised of Preschool/Kindergarten. More detailed definitions of these classifications can be found at Australian Bureau of Statistics (2014) National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection: Data Collection Guide, 2013, Cat. No. 4240.0.55.002, ABS, Canberra, http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/Lookup/EDCEFD2FC57CD225CA257C93000D13A7?opendocument 3 15 services categorised as 'Not stated/Other' excluded for graphical purposes.
Provider management type Number of services Proportion of services
Private for profit 7282 47%
Private not for profit community managed 3554 23%
Private not for profit other organisations 2070 13%
State/Territory and Local Government managed 1292 8%
State/Territory government schools 720 5%
Independent schools 471 3%
Catholic schools 170 1%
Not stated/Other 15 0%
Total 15,574 100%
Table 2: Number and proportion of approved services by provider management type
47%
23%
13%
8%
5%
3%
1%
Private for profit
Private not for profit community managed
Private not for profit other organisations
State/Territory and Local Government managed
State/Territory government schools
Independent schools
Catholic schools
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Figure 5 shows that 83% of approved providers operate a single service while 1% of approved providers operate 25 or more services.
Figure 5: Proportion of approved providers with services by size
Large (25 or more services)
Medium (2 -24 services)
Small (1 service)
83%16%1%
Providers approved to
operate
7403
Large (25 or more services)
Medium (2 -24 services)
Small (1 service)
39%29%32%
Services approved to
operate
15,574
Figure 6 shows that 39% of approved services are operated by small approved providers while 32% of approved services are operated by large approved providers.
Figure 6: Proportion of approved services by provider size
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Table 3: Quality ratings by jurisdiction
Number of services
Proportion of all services
Number of services with a quality rating
Proportion of services with a quality rating
ACT 351 2% 312 89%
NSW 5343 34% 5039 94%
NT 222 1% 207 93%
QLD 2892 19% 2709 94%
SA 1173 8% 1007 86%
TAS 236 2% 222 94%
VIC 4195 27% 3853 92%
WA 1162 7% 1075 93%
TOTAL 15,574 100% 14,424 93%
Table 4: Number of services with a quality rating by service sub-type and jurisdiction
Table 3 includes all approved services. A small proportion of these services will only recently have been approved and may not have started operating or may have only been operating for a short period of time. In general, regulatory authorities will not assess and rate newly approved services which have been operating for less than 9-12 months, therefore the proportion of services with a quality rating will not reach 100% at any one time. Roughly 4% of services were approved in the last 12 months. Removing these services from the calculation increases the proportion of services with a quality rating to 97%.
Progress of assessment and rating
Family day care
Long day care
Preschool/Kindergarten
Outside school hours care
Other Total
ACT 7 122 91 92 0 312
NSW 221 2825 784 1209 0 5039
NT 4 79 75 47 2 207
QLD 92 1420 496 699 2 2709
SA 10 322 319 356 0 1007
TAS 13 120 0 89 0 222
VIC 278 1284 1183 1108 0 3853
WA 39 612 21 401 2 1075
TOTAL 664 6784 2969 4001 6 14,424
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Quality improvement
Rating after reassessment
Significant Improvement
Required
Working Towards NQS
Meeting NQS Exceeding NQS Total
Significant Improvement Required 13 31 6 0 50
Working Towards NQS 11 666 1064 438 2179
Meeting NQS 0 115 283 176 574
Exceeding NQS 0 27 46 121 194
Total 24 839 1399 735 2997
Table 5 presents a service’s previous overall rating alongside its reassessed overall rating. For example, 1064 of services previously rated Working Towards NQS improved their rating to Meeting NQS after reassessment. While 666 services previously rated Working Towards NQS received the same rating again after reassessment.
Table 5: Reassessments by overall quality rating1
Rati
ng b
efor
e re
asse
ssm
ent
Rating after reassessment
Significant Improvement
Required
Working Towards NQS
Meeting NQS Exceeding NQS Improvement rate
Significant Improvement Required 26% 62% 12% 0% 74%
Working Towards NQS 1% 31% 49% 20% 69%
Meeting NQS 0% 20% 49% 31% 31%
Exceeding NQS 0% 14% 24% 62% -
Rati
ng b
efor
e re
asse
ssm
ent
1 Reassessments include the following processes described in the National Law: i. Next assessment; ii. Partial reassessment and re-rating requested by provider; iii. Partial reassessment and re-rating instigated by the regulatory authority; iv. Full reassessment and re-rating requested by provider; v. Full reassessment and re-rating instigated by the regulatory authority.
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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 NQS. Services are given a rating for each of the seven quality areas and an overall rating.
Overall quality ratings
Table 6: Overall quality ratings by jurisdiction
Significant Improvement
Required
Working Towards NQS
Meeting NQS
Exceeding NQS Excellent Total
ACT 0 100 (32%) 76 (24%) 130 (42%) 6 312
NSW 28 1493 (30%) 2074 (41%) 1431 (28%) 13 5039
NT 0 79 (38%) 92 (44%) 34 (16%) 2 207
QLD 2 552 (20%) 1270 (47%) 869 (32%) 16 2709
SA 0 294 (29%) 235 (23%) 474 (47%) 4 1007
TAS 0 48 (22%) 88 (40%) 86 (39%) 0 222
VIC 10 642 (17%) 1878 (49%) 1315 (34%) 8 3853
WA 0 384 (36%) 408 (38%) 282 (26%) 1 1075
TOTAL 40 3592 (25%) 6121 (42%) 4621 (32%) 50 14,424
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10%
30%
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36%
25%
45%
40%
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30%
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26%
36%
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31%
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28%
32%
Private for profit
Private not for profit community managed
Private not for profit other organisations
State/Territory and Local Government managed
State/Territory government schools
Independent schools
Catholic schools
Total
Figure 7 shows the variation in spread of quality ratings between provider management types.
These differences can reflect a range of contextual factors, such as the service profile of these provider types. For example, half of all ‘State/Territory and Local Government managed’ services are preschools/kindergartens, with preschools/kindergartens performing better against the NQS than other service types (see Figure 9). In contrast, preschools/kindergartens make up only 1% of ‘Private for profit’ services.
Overall quality ratings by provider management type
Figure 7: Proportion of approved services with a quality rating by provider management type and overall quality rating level1
Table 7: Number of approved services with a quality rating by provider management type and overall quality rating level
Significant Improvement
Required
Working Towards NQS Meeting NQS Exceeding
NQS Excellent Total
Private for profit 37 2178 2954 1332 10 6511
Private not for profit community managed 2 579 1372 1456 23 3432
Private not for profit other organisations 1 340 988 656 2 1987
State/Territory and Local Government managed 0 118 356 697 4 1175
State/Territory government schools 0 215 275 216 2 708
Independent schools 0 97 113 215 9 434
Catholic schools 0 58 59 46 0 163
Not Stated/Other 0 7 4 3 0 14
TOTAL 40 3592 6121 4621 50 14,424
Working Towards NQS
Meeting NQS
Exceeding NQS
1 14 providers categorised as 'Not stated/Other' excluded for graphical purposes.
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Figure 8: Overall quality ratings by service type
Figure 9: Overall quality ratings by centre-based service sub-type
Overall quality ratings by service type
Significant Improvement Required Working Towards NQS Meeting NQS Exceeding NQS Excellent
The interactive online version of the Snapshot includes additional analysis and is available on the ACECQA website.
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
25%
8%
33%
44%
33%
50%
31%
58%
17%
Long Day Care
Preschool/Kindergarten
Outside School Hours Care
25%
8%
33%
44%
33%
50%
31%
58%
17%
Long day care
Preschool/Kindergarten
Outside school hours care
0.1% 4.1%
23.5%
53.2%
43.2%
26.4%
32.8%
16.0%
0.3% 0.5%
Centre-based care Family day care
3239
5946
4515
353
175
106
27 47 3
3239
5946
4515
353
175
106
27 47 3 13
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% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
Figure 10 ranks the seven quality areas of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each quality area.
Figure 10: Quality area ratings
Quality area ratings
Standard level ratings Figure 11 ranks the 18 standards of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each standard.
Figure 11: Standard level ratings
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
19%
16%
16%
15%
9%
7%
7%
52%
51%
60%
57%
52%
60%
52%
29%
32%
24%
28%
39%
32%
41%
QA 1
QA 7
QA 2
QA 3
QA 6
QA 4
QA 5
18% 15%
13% 12% 11%
10% 10% 9% 8% 8%
6% 6% 5% 5% 4% 4% 4% 4%
50% 52%
61% 65%
56% 54%
64% 68%
63% 54%
66% 68%
51% 62%
57% 57%
49% 54%
33% 34%
27% 24%
32% 36%
26% 22%
29% 38%
28% 26%
43% 33%
39% 38%
47% 42%
Standard 1.2 Standard 1.1 Standard 3.3 Standard 2.3 Standard 7.2 Standard 7.1 Standard 7.3 Standard 2.1 Standard 3.2 Standard 6.3 Standard 2.2 Standard 3.1 Standard 5.2 Standard 6.2 Standard 4.1 Standard 4.2 Standard 5.1 Standard 6.1
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18% 15%
13% 12% 11%
10% 10% 9% 8% 8%
6% 6% 5% 5% 4% 4% 4% 4%
50% 52%
61% 65%
56% 54%
64% 68%
63% 54%
66% 68%
51% 62%
57% 57%
49% 54%
33% 34%
27% 24%
32% 36%
26% 22%
29% 38%
28% 26%
43% 33%
39% 38%
47% 42%
Standard 1.2 Standard 1.1 Standard 3.3 Standard 2.3 Standard 7.2 Standard 7.1 Standard 7.3 Standard 2.1 Standard 3.2 Standard 6.3 Standard 2.2 Standard 3.1 Standard 5.2 Standard 6.2 Standard 4.1 Standard 4.2 Standard 5.1 Standard 6.1
Element level resultsFigure 12 looks at the element level results for the 3632 services with a quality rating of Significant Improvement Required or Working Towards NQS. The performance of these services against the 58 elements of the NQS has been ranked in descending order based on the proportion of services that do not meet each element.
% Not Met % Met
Figure 12: Element level results for services rated Significant Improvement Required or Working Towards NQS
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
1.2.3 1.2.1 3.3.1 3.3.2 7.2.2 1.1.3 7.1.4 1.1.1 1.1.4 2.3.3 7.3.5 3.2.1 1.1.2 1.2.2 2.3.2 1.1.6 6.3.4 3.2.2 2.1.3 7.2.3 7.3.1 4.1.1 6.3.1 7.2.1 2.2.1 5.2.2 6.2.2 2.1.1 2.2.2 3.1.2 5.1.2 2.3.1 7.1.2 5.2.3 3.1.3 1.1.5 6.3.3 7.3.2 4.2.2 2.1.2 4.2.1 6.1.2 7.1.1 2.1.4 3.1.1 6.3.2 2.3.4 5.1.1 5.1.3 6.2.1 5.2.1 7.3.3 7.3.4 7.1.3 4.2.3 6.1.3 7.1.5 6.1.1
Met Not Met
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1-4 standards 5-10 standards >10 standards
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.
34%1-2 quality areas rated Working Towards NQS
48%3-5 quality areas rated Working Towards NQS
16% 11-18 standards rated Working Towards NQS
38%5-10 standards rated Working Towards NQS
46%1-4 standards rated Working Towards NQS
Figure 13: Proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS by number of quality areas rated Working Towards NQS
Figure 14: Proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS by number of standards rated Working Towards NQS
18%6-7 quality areas rated Working Towards NQS
1-2 QAs 3-5 QAs 6-7 QAs
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26%
43%
42%
48%
48%
49%
40%
33%
33%
31%
25%
17%
Major Cities of Australia
Inner Regional Australia
Outer Regional Australia
Remote Australia
Very Remote Australia
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 16: Quality ratings by remoteness classification
Figure 15: Quality ratings by SEIFA Index of Relative Disadvantage % Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
23%
25%
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Overall quality ratings of centre-based services by SEIFA1
Overall quality ratings of centre-based services by remoteness classification2
1 FDC services are excluded from SEIFA classification because their approval is not specific to one location. There are also 488 centre-based services with an address that is unable to be tagged with a SEIFA classification.2 FDC services are excluded from remoteness classification because their approval is not specific to one location. There are also 109 centre-based services with an address that is unable to be tagged with an ARIA+ classification.
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Figure 17 ranks the seven quality areas of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each quality area. Figure 17: Quality area ratings
28%
19%
18%
13%
11%
10%
5%
43%
44%
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34%
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QA 1
QA 3
QA 2
QA 6
QA 5
QA 7
QA 4
Australian Capital Territory summary
Contact detailsEducation and Training Directorate Children’s Governance and Assurancewww.education.act.gov.au
351 services comprising 340 centre-based services and 11 family day care services
312 (89%) services with a quality rating
100 services rated Working Towards NQS
76 services rated Meeting NQS
130 services rated Exceeding NQS
6 services rated Excellent by ACECQA
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
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Figure 18 ranks the seven quality areas of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each quality area.
Figure 18: Quality area ratings
New South Wales summary
Contact detailsDepartment of Education Early Childhood Education and Care Directoratewww.dec.nsw.gov.au/ecec
5343 services comprising 5066 centre-based services and 277 family day care services
5039 (94%) services with a quality rating
28 services rated Significant Improvement Required
1493 services rated Working Towards NQS
2074 services rated Meeting NQS
1431 services rated Exceeding NQS
13 services rated Excellent by ACECQA
23%
21%
21%
20%
13%
10%
7%
50%
58%
56%
52%
53%
58%
56%
26%
21%
23%
28%
33%
32%
37%
QA 1
QA 2
QA 3
QA 7
QA 6
QA 4
QA 5
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
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Figure 19 ranks the seven quality areas of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each quality area.
Figure 19: Quality area ratings
Northern Territory summary
Contact detailsDepartment of Education Quality Education and Care NTwww.education.nt.gov.au
35%
28%
28%
26%
19%
13%
11%
49%
67%
54%
57%
62%
52%
56%
16%
5%
18%
17%
19%
35%
34%
QA 1
QA 2
QA 3
QA 7
QA 4
QA 5
QA 6
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
222 services comprising 217 centre-based services and five family day care services
207 (93%) services with a quality rating
79 services rated Working Towards NQS
92 services rated Meeting NQS
34 services rated Exceeding NQS
2 services rated Excellent by ACECQA
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Figure 20 ranks the seven quality areas of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each quality area.
Figure 20: Quality area ratings
Queensland summary
Contact detailsDepartment of Education and Training Early Childhood Education and Carewww.dete.qld.gov.au/earlychildhood
2892 services comprising 2765 centre-based services and 127 family day care services
2709 (94%) services with a quality rating
2 services rated Significant Improvement Required
552 services rated Working Towards NQS
1270 services rated Meeting NQS
869 services rated Exceeding NQS
services rated Excellent by ACECQA16
16%
13%
13%
12%
8%
7%
4%
57%
52%
61%
58%
53%
55%
62%
27%
35%
26%
30%
39%
38%
33%
QA 1
QA 7
QA 3
QA 2
QA 6
QA 5
QA 4
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
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Figure 21 ranks the seven quality areas of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each quality area.
Figure 21: Quality area ratings
Contact detailsEducation and Early Childhood Services Registration and Standards Board of South Australiawww.esb.sa.gov.au
South Australia summary
1173 services comprising 1144 centre-based services and 29 family day care services
1007 (86%) services with a quality rating
294 services rated Working Towards NQS
235 services rated Meeting NQS
474 services rated Exceeding NQS
4 services rated Excellent by ACECQA
23%
16%
16%
16%
9%
7%
7%
32%
41%
51%
42%
38%
47%
30%
45%
43%
33%
42%
53%
45%
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QA 1
QA 7
QA 2
QA 3
QA 6
QA 4
QA 5
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
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Figure 22 ranks the seven quality areas of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each quality area.
Figure 22: Quality area ratings
Contact detailsDepartment of EducationEducation and Care Unitwww.educationandcare.tas.gov.au
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
Tasmania summary
236 services comprising 222 centre-based services and 14 family day care services
222 (94%) services with a quality rating
48 services rated Working Towards NQS
88 services rated Meeting NQS
86 services rated Exceeding NQS
16%
12%
12%
11%
6%
3%
3%
50%
40%
59%
64%
41%
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52%
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29%
25%
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QA 1
QA 7
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Figure 23 ranks the seven quality areas of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each quality area.
Figure 23: Quality area ratings
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
4195 services comprising 3846 centre-based services and 349 family day care services
3853 (92%) services with a quality rating
10 services rated Significant Improvement Required
642 services rated Working Towards NQS
1878 services rated Meeting NQS
1315 services rated Exceeding NQS
8 services rated Excellent by ACECQA
Victoria summary
Contact detailsDepartment of Education and Training Quality Assessment and Regulation Divisionwww.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/providers/regulation
12%
11%
10%
7%
6%
5%
4%
55%
57%
68%
60%
64%
50%
52%
33%
31%
22%
33%
30%
45%
44%
QA 7
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QA 4
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Figure 24 ranks the seven quality areas of the NQS in descending order based on the proportion of services rated Working Towards NQS in each quality area.
Figure 24: Quality area ratings
% Working Towards NQS % Meeting NQS % Exceeding NQS
Contact detailsDepartment of Communities Education and Care Regulatory Unitwww.communities.wa.gov.au
Western Australia summary
1162 services comprising 1119 centre-based services and 43 family day care services
1075 (93%) services with a quality rating
384 services rated Working Towards NQS
408 services rated Meeting NQS
282 services rated Exceeding NQS
1 service rated Excellent by ACECQA
28%
24%
20%
19%
15%
9%
6%
45%
57%
58%
53%
56%
67%
60%
27%
19%
23%
28%
29%
24%
34%
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QA 6
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