What is the National Quality Standard?

Modified on Wed, 14 May at 3:08 PM

The National Quality Standard (NQS) sets a high national benchmark for early childhood education and care and outside school hours care services in Australia.
The NQS includes 7 quality areas that are important to outcomes for children.
Services are assessed and rated by their regulatory authority against the NQS, and given a rating for each of the 7 quality areas and an overall rating based on these results.

Please refer to the below link to learn more.

ACECQA website

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