Hope Island Early Learning Sanctuary

NQS ratings

Issued Jul 2025

• OverallWorking Towards NQS
• QA1 Educational program and practiceMeeting NQS
• QA2 Children's health and safetyWorking Towards NQS
• QA3 Physical environmentMeeting NQS
• QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
• QA5 Relationships with childrenWorking Towards NQS
• QA6 Collaborative partnershipsMeeting NQS
• QA7 Governance and leadershipWorking Towards NQS

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (May 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

The mirrors and CCTV and monitors installed at the service are constantly maintained and operational to ensure the facilitation of 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 not educate and care for more than 16 non-ambulant infants at the service. At least one additional staff member, in addition to the number required to meet the educator to child ratios, must be available at all times to assist with transitioning children between the indoor and outdoor play spaces and for the purposes of evacuating the service in the event of an emergency 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, from the date of service approval, engage an emergency management planning organisation licensed by the Queensland Building and Construction Commission to observe and report on one rehearsal per annum A copy of the annual evacuation outcome report 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 from the licensed organisation