Our Assessment and Quality Rating
Early childhood education and care services (long day care, family day care, preschool/kindergarten, outside school hours care) are assessed and rated against the National Quality Standard (NQS) to:
promote continuous improvement in the provision of quality education and care.
Improve knowledge and access to information about the quality of services to help families make informed decisions about their child’s education and care.
The NQS is part of the National Regulations and includes 7 quality areas that are important to children’s learning and developmental outcomes.
Services are assessed and rated against the NQS by the state or territory regulatory authority (RA) and given a rating for each of the seven quality areas and an overall rating based on these results. The quality ratings are published on the national registers on the ACECQA website and on the Starting Blocks website.
Skye Children Co-Operative was last assessed in May 2019 and received an overall rating of Meeting NQS
Skye Children’s Co-Operative Quality Area Ratings:
NQS 1 Educational program and practice Meeting
NQS 2 Children’s health and safety Meeting
NQS 3 Physical environment Meeting
NQS 4 Staffing arrangements Meeting
NQS 5 Relationships with children Meeting
NQS 6 Collaborative partnerships with families and communities Meeting
NQS 7 Governance and leadership Meeting