Dandenong Ranges Steiner School Kindergarten

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 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 (Jun 2019)

Nature of care

• Long day care: No
• Preschool / kindergarten (part of a school): No
• Preschool / kindergarten (stand alone): Yes
• 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

• The approved provider must ensure that at all times children are being educated and cared for in the Little Kinder room, that one additional educator above the minimum prescribed in regulation 123(1) of the Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011 is available to ensure adequate supervision of children using the outdoor space to access bathroom and handwashing facilities located indoors and children’s use of the multi-level outdoor environment. • An approved provider of an education and care service that is listed on the Department of Education & Training Bushfire At-Risk Register 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.