Western Cape College - Mapoon Kindergarten

NQS ratings

Issued Dec 2021

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

Previous overall rating: Working Towards NQS (Nov 2017)

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

This service is a centre-based service that delivers a preschool program in a school in a class or classes where a full-time education program is also being delivered to school children (composite class) (regulation 248 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations). Regulations 104, 114, 115, 123 and 126 (including any provisions that apply in place of regulations 123 and 126 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations) do not apply to this service (regulation 239 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations). At all times that education and care is being provided under this service approval, there must not be less than 3.25 square metres of unencumbered indoor space and 7 square metres of unencumbered outdoor play space per child attending the premises with the total number of children not exceeding 25 children. The total number of children aged 42 months up to and including preschool age is 11 with a maximum number of 25 children in total. This service is approved to provide education and care to children from 42 months up to and over preschool age. This service is not approved to provide education and care to school children.