Meeting National Quality Standard (NQS) Pathway

The Meeting NQS Pathway is a free 21 week professional learning and support program that supports education and care services' capability to meet and/or exceed the NQS. ACECQA will work alongside services to identify quality improvement goals designed to uplift quality and support ongoing confidence with embedding quality practices.

The Meeting NQS Pathway offers: 

• up to 20 hours of remote mentoring support

• online or in-person workshops

• online communities of practice

• a hard and soft copy of the Quality Support Program Tool Kit

• access to the ACECQA online resources library and eLearning modules 

• up to two face-to-face visits per service.

Eligibility 

The program is available to services that are currently rated Working Towards NQS and located in NSW. This includes long day care, family day care, preschools, mobile preschools, occasional care, Multifunctional Aboriginal Children's Services (MACS) and outside school hours care services including vacation care services. 

Places are limited so we encourage you to complete the expression of interest (EOI) early. Services that have previously participated in the program and continue to meet the eligibility criteria are welcome to express interest in participating. If you are a provider with several services and would like more than one of your services to participate, please complete a separate registration for each service.
 

Expressions of interest will be assessed by the NSW Department of Education.

Assessment and rating

Following participation in the Quality Support Program Meeting NQS pathway, services will be scheduled for assessment and rating. This may be a partial or full reassessment. The NSW Department of Education is the regulatory authority (NSW Regulatory Authority) for the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in NSW. The NSW Regulatory Authority will aim to schedule assessment and rating for participating services within 12 months of program completion.

Access a guide to the stages of the Meeting National Quality Standard Pathway.

Watch a short introductory video about the Meeting National Quality Standard Pathway.