Edge Early Learning Milton

NQS ratings

Issued Dec 2024

• OverallMeeting NQS
• QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
• QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
• QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
• QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
• QA5 Relationships with childrenMeeting NQS
• QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
• QA7 Governance and leadershipMeeting NQS

Previous overall rating: Meeting NQS (Sep 2019)

Nature of care

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

This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including preschool age. The service is not approved to provide education and care to school children The Approved Provider for this service must not provide education and care for more than sixteen (16) non-ambulant infants at any one time, on level one (1). The Approved Provider must not provide education and care to non-ambulant infants on level two (2) or level three (3). The Approved Provider is required to ensure that an additional staff member at a ratio of one (1) to eight (8) non-ambulant infants, in addition to the number required to meet the educator to child ratios, must be available whenever education and care is provided and must assist in evacuating non-ambulant infants from the service during rehearsals and in the event of an emergency. The Approved Provider must ensure that no furniture or play equipment is placed within one (1) metre of the perimeter fencing of the children’s outdoor play space on level three (3). The service must have at least seven (7) square metres of combined actual outdoor and enclosed outdoor space for each child being educated and cared for (service waiver condition). To ensure ongoing compliance with natural environment requirements under regulation 113 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations, the service is required to maintain or increase the current number of healthy live plants in a variety of species and sizes in the enclosed outdoor space of the premises (service waiver condition). A copy of the annual evacuation outcome report, including any recommendations for actioning is to be supplied to the Regional Office of the Regulatory Authority in which the service is located within seven (7) days upon receipt of the report by the Approved Provider. As part of the requirement to conduct three (3) monthly emergency and evacuation procedures rehearsals in accordance with regulation 97(3) of the National Regulations, the Approved Provider must engage an appropriate expert in emergency procedures, a fire safety advisor or fire safety engineer to observe and report on one rehearsal (including any proposed actions to improve evacuation procedures) at least annually by the end of October.