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ACECQA’s latest NQF Snapshot indicates that, for the first time, 91% of children’s education and care services are rated Meeting National Quality Standard (NQS) or above, an increase from the 90% recorded for the previous four consecutive quarters.

The annual NQA IT System Satisfaction Survey is open for responses. We would love to hear about your experiences using the system. The NQA IT System, technical support and guidance…

Education Ministers have agreed to extend 3 workforce transitional arrangements in the Education and Care Services National Regulations.

From 7 December 2024, the skilled migration assessment function for the ‘Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher’ occupation will transfer from the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) to ACECQA.

CEO foreword Welcome to our Spring issue for 2024. This is the time of the year when you are working with your service families in preparing children and young people…

The Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) has released a series of animated videos as part of their early childhood learning trajectories resource suite. Educators in services may find these videos…

Guest article by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL). Share your unique perspective as an early childhood teacher in the Australian Teacher Workforce Survey. It is the…

As we approach the end of the year, families are preparing their children for the next transition so it is a good time to help parents and carers understand the…

According to the latest National Quality Framework (NQF) Snapshot report, the quality of outside school hours care (OSHC) services continues to rise. In 2020, 75% of OSHC services were rated…

We recently had the privilege of facilitating our second in person workshop for the In Home Care (IHC) Quality and Safety Project. This month over 60 IHC Service Providers and…