Guardian Childcare & Education King Street

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 2019

• 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

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

The approved provider must not educate and care for more than 48 non-ambulant infants. Education and care is only to be provided to children aged 0-2 years of age on level three of service. The service must have at least 7 square metres of either actual outdoor or enclosed outdoor space for each child being educated and cared for by the service. The service must comply with regulation 110 of the National Regulations in relation to the enclosed outdoor space. The service must comply with regulation 113 of the National Regulations in relation to the enclosed outdoor space. The service must comply with National Quality Standard element 3.1.1 in relation to the enclosed outdoor space. The service must comply with National Quality Standard element 3.2.1 in relation to the enclosed outdoor space. The approved provider must engage an appropriate expert, such as a person/entity holding a Queensland Building and Construction Commission licence in Emergency Procedures, a fire safety advisor or fire safety engineer, to observe and report on one full rehearsal at least annually by the end of May The approved provider must provide a copy of the annual evacuation 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 7 days upon receipt of the report by the approved provider.