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Today the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA), in collaboration with all governments, released its third Annual Performance Report on the National Quality Framework (NQF). With around one…

The Australian Government has announced ongoing funding for ACECQA, to ensure the continued provision of high quality early learning services for Australian families. This commitment by the Australian Government was…

From 16 November 2019, ACECQA will be the assessing authority for two occupations: Child care centre manager - listed as part of the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List Child…

StartingBlocks.gov.au - Your first step into early childhood education & care - provides families with information about quality education and care. It’s a great starting point to: learn about children's…

The Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) today released its 26th NQF Snapshot report , summarising quality rating results for education and care services operating under the National…

On 28 June 2019, Education Ministers agreed to extend a number of transitional workforce provisions to address the ongoing challenges faced by the children’s education and care sector in building…

We want to hear from educators and in particular teachers to understand more about the workforce in our sector, including how you find and use information and resources about the…

In June 2019 the ACECQA Board decided to extend an existing transitional measure that recognises primary trained teachers who have completed an approved early childhood diploma as ‘equivalent early childhood…

ACECQA wants to hear about families’ experiences choosing an education and care service for their child, and information they used to make their decisions. This survey is open to current…

The National Quality Framework (NQF) provides a national approach to the regulation of the quality of education and care services across Australia. It’s been five years since the last review…