This is the 46th national report on children’s education and care services operating under the National Quality Framework (NQF). It provides analysis and information on the profile of the sector and the quality ratings of services against the National Quality Standard (NQS). 

A revised, streamlined version of the NQS commenced on 1 February 2018, which also made it more challenging for a service to achieve an overall rating of Exceeding NQS. The data presented in this Snapshot was taken from the National Quality Agenda IT System (NQA ITS) on 1 July 2024.