Milestones Early Learning Palmerston

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 2022

• 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: Working Towards NQS (Mar 2021)

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 Service must actively advertise to fill the ECT position for the duration of the wavier and provide evidence of such on request. Condition 1 Regulation 107 – The maximum approved number of children per room must not exceed: o Baby 1: 12 children Baby 2: 12 children Toddler 1: 12 children o Toddler 2: 20 children Toddler 3: 20 children Junior 1: 20 children o Junior 2: 22 children Senior 1: 33 children Condition 2 For the additional 16 children to be approved to utilise the Baby and Toddler rooms, and an additional 22 children to be approved to utilise the Junior and Senior rooms beyond the indoor space requirements, the service must utilise the verandah spaces as indoor space Condition 3 For condition 2 to be met - o the service must consider how the use and set up of this space connects to the indoor environment and how they will provide children greater access to unencumbered space to avoid overcrowding within the indoor rooms. o In doing so the service must consider how all children, including non-ambulatory children have access to sufficient unencumbered space in both an indoor and outdoor environment. o The service must ensure a process is in place that considers how all educators will be aware of the way in which the indoor space