Billanook College - Early Learning Program

NQS ratings

Issued Jul 2024

• OverallExceeding NQS
• QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
• QA2 Children's health and safetyExceeding NQS
• QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
• QA4 Staffing arrangementsExceeding NQS
• QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
• QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
• QA7 Governance and leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Nov 2019)

Nature of care

• Long day care: No
• Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): Yes
• Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): No
• Outside school hours care (after school): No
• Outside school hours care (before school): No
• Outside school hours care (vacation care): No
• Other: No

Hours

Approval conditions

During specialist classes delivered by the service, the service must ensure: a) the specialist class is conducted by a person who holds a primary teaching qualification (the specialist teacher); b) an educator; and, either an educator or the specialist teacher accompanies the children to and from the specialist class; and c) the early childhood teacher remains on the service premises and is available to assist in the education and care of children as needed. d) all parts of the service not actively delivering a specialist class must ensure that at least 50 per cent of the educators who are required to meet the relevant educator to child ratios for the service must have, or be actively working towards, at least an approved diploma level education and care qualification. During the early childhood teacher’s prescribed lunch break the service must ensure: a) the early childhood teacher is replaced by an educator to maintain the required educator to child ratios. b) the early childhood teacher remains on the premises of the service and is directly and immediately available to care for children as the need arises. • An approved provider of an education and care service that is listed on the Department of Education & Training Category 4 List – at some risk of bushfire or grassfire must ensure that: • The service does not operate on any day that the Victorian Emergency Management Commissioner declares as having a 'Catastrophic' Fire Danger Rating that applies to the area or district at which that service is located. • The service's emergency and evacuation policies and procedures required under regulation 168 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations include an Emergency Management Plan for managing the service's bushfire and grass fire related risks. • The service's Emergency Management Plan is kept up to date, reflects the service's operating context, is reviewed at least once each calendar year, and includes: o a list of the service's emergency contact details o procedures for monitoring and managing bushfire and grassfire risks and events o procedures for identifying and managing events that may cause planned, unplanned or pre-emptive closure of the service o procedures for notifying families of children enrolled at the service of any closure o procedures for reviewing and updating the Emergency Management Plan. • A copy of the service's Emergency Management Plan is made available to the Regulatory Authority on request.