Growingtree Early Education

NQS ratings

Issued Mar 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 (Dec 2014)

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 15 months up to and including school children. This service is approved to provide education and care to children from birth up to and including school age children. The approved provider must ensure that the mirrors, CCTV cameras and monitors installed at the service are constantly maintained and operational. This is to ensure the facilitation of adequate supervision of children at all times they are being educated and cared for at the service, having regard to the need to maintain the rights and dignity of the children as required under regulation 115 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations. The Approved Provider must ensure that the service has a written supervision plan in place when children are accessing the 3-6 years outdoor environment. This is to ensure the facilitation of adequate supervision of children at all times specifically when they are accessing the bathroom facilities from the 3-6 years outdoor environment as required under regulation 115 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations. The approved provider must continue to engage a management company. The approved provider has engaged Aced It Childcare Consultants to support the operations of the education and care service. The approved provider must notify the Regulatory Authority within 7 days if the approved provider ceases to engage Aced It Childcare Consultants as a management company. Where the approved provider ceases to engage an existing management company, the Regulatory Authority requires the approved provider to immediately engage a new management company. In addition to notifying the Regulatory Authority, the approved provider must submit to the Regulatory Authority within 7 days of ceasing the existing management company, a copy of the new agreement/contract between the approved provider and the new management company.