Noosa Pengari Steiner School Preschool

NQS ratings

Issued Jun 2024

• OverallExceeding NQS
• QA1 Educational program and practiceExceeding NQS
• QA2 Children's health and safetyMeeting NQS
• QA3 Physical environmentExceeding NQS
• QA4 Staffing arrangementsMeeting NQS
• QA5 Relationships with childrenExceeding NQS
• QA6 Collaborative partnershipsExceeding NQS
• QA7 Governance and leadershipExceeding NQS

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Jun 2015)

Nature of care

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

At all times when education and care is being provided under the service approval, the total number of children at the premises does not exceed 42. This includes children receiving care under the service approval and school children sharing the approved facilities; and. Whenever children receiving child care under the service approval are present, a staff to child ratio complying with relevant Regulation is applied to all the children present. An approved alternative solution relating to Performance Criteria P2 Indoor play facilities, P5 Toilet facilities, P8 Personal washing facilities, P9 Food preparation facilities, and P14 Administration facilities within SP5.4 – Child Care Centres of the Queensland Development Code (with a publication date of 16 November 2007) applies to this service. Children are only showered in the adult shower facility in conjunction with policies and procedures which address staff ratios and child protection issues. At all times that education and care is being provided under this service approval, there must not be less than 3.25m2 of indoor play space and 7m2 of outdoor play space per child attending the premise, with the total number of children at the premise not to exceed 42, including the children being educated and cared for under this service approval and any other children using the premise.This includes children receiving care under the service approval and school children sharing the approved facilities. This service is approved to provide education and care to children from 36 months up to and including over preschool age, not including school children.