NQF Snapshot - South Australia

Every quarter, the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) releases a snapshot on how the sector is tracking against the National Quality Framework (NQF), including quality ratings awarded to services approved under the framework.

Data for South Australia at 1 July 2024 reveals:

• 1249 (95%) services in South Australia have a quality rating
• quality area 3 has the most Meeting ratings, with 67% of services meeting National Quality Standarads (NQS)
• quality areas 1, 2 and 7 have the most Working Towards ratings, with 11% of services Working Towards NQS in all 3 areas.

The snapshot from quarter 1 identified several quality areas with elements most frequently assessed as 'not met' by South Australian services, and these remain consistent in quarter 2. These elements are:

• assessment and planning cycle (1.3.1)
• program learning opportunities (1.1.3)
• critical reflection (1.3.2)
• management systems (7.1.2)
• development of professionals (7.2.3)
• health practices and procedures (2.1.2)
• supervision (2.2.1).

To support improvements in these areas, the ESB has been providing information and guidance via our monthly newsletter.

Articles published as part of this series:

• Health Focus - Allergens e-training
• Effective Medical management: A kindergarten case study
• Use of Under the Roof provisions.

This snapshot is supplemented by information specific to each jurisdiction, available on the ACEQA website.