Information sheets

Safe and hygienic practices ensure children experience toileting and nappy changing that supports their health and wellbeing. Appropriate, respectful procedures and practices can promote learning and capacity building.

When incidents where children are mistakenly locked in or out of service premises occur, they can have severe consequences for children’s health and safety.

Information for centre-based providers and services to support children's safety during regular transportation, and to support compliance with new legislative requirements from 1 March 2023.

The approved provider, nominated supervisors, coordinators and educators have responsibility for supporting the health, safety and wellbeing of all children. In exercising their responsibilities, they must take reasonable care to protect children from…

The statement of philosophy reflects the beliefs and values of the service and assists educators in considering the service’s approach to learning, development and wellbeing.

Documentation requirements for all school age services in the ACT, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and NSW.

This information sheet provides information about providing appropriate outdoor space in education and care settings.

The Australian, State and Territory Education Ministers have agreed to changes to the National Quality Framework (NQF) in relation to the protection of personal information.

This information sheet explains the key changes for centre-based services and providers.

This information sheet provides services with guidance about requirements that apply to services in multi-storey buildings shared with other occupants and do not have direct egress.

Guidance for building practitioners and planning professionals to improve their NQF understanding for the evacuation of centre-based services in multi-storey buildings.

The Australian, State and Territory Education Ministers have agreed to changes for approved providers of centre-based education and care services to maintain current information about service delivery, including notifying the…

Information for educators about Safety of children during daily transitions between services including OSHC and school

This information sheet supports approved providers and their services to increase awareness, foster positive cultural change, and promote and support child safe environments in children’s education and care environments.

This information sheet explains the changes to record keeping practices to support child protection.

This information sheet supports approved providers to understand the changes in notification timeframes and processes.

Approved providers can apply for waivers from certain requirements of the National Regulations and the NQS.

Guidelines and information for approved providers and services for developing their safe transportation of children policy and procedures.

This fact sheet explains why this change is being made and how it relates to Australian Government decisions made under the Commonwealth Family Assistance Law (FAL).

Information for providers on the assessment and rating report provided by the regulatory authority.

Practical ideas on how the assessment and rating process, including the National Quality Standard Assessment and Rating Report, promotes continuous quality improvement at your service.

From 2023, there will be some process refinements to how regulatory authorities' quality assess and rate services under the National Quality Framework (NQF). These process changes seek to make quality assessment and rating more effective.

Information for centre-based providers and services that explains new legislative requirements for children's safety during regular transportation, as required from 1 March 2023.

Information for approved providers and their services answering common questions about the new requirements for the transportation of children​.

Information for centre-based providers and services around adequate supervision and risk assessments to support children's safety during transportation.

Information for providers and service leaders on recognising and managing inappropriate discipline.

Practical ideas for approved providers, service leaders, teachers and educators to support continuous quality improvement.

A career in education and care makes a significant and lasting contribution to the lives of children, their wellbeing, development, education and lifelong learning.

Ongoing self-assessment against the National Quality Standard drives continuous improvement in practice, and therefore leads to better quality outcomes for children.

To build resilience, the development of strategies to support individual staff members and teams is now, more than ever, important.

This fact sheet supports providers to understand changes affecting staffing and record keeping requirements when an educator or early childhood teacher is ill or absent.

This fact sheet supports providers to ensure staff who are ‘actively working towards’ qualifications are making satisfactory progress.

This fact sheet provides an overview of changes to education and care service fees and offence penalties.