Whitsunday Shire Family Day Care Scheme

NQS ratings

Issued Aug 2019

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

Previous overall rating: Exceeding NQS (Jun 2014)

Nature of care

• Long day care: No
• 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 ensure that the number of family day care educators employed, engaged or registered with the service does not exceed 30. The approved provider must employ or engage at least 1 full time equivalent family day care co-ordinator for every 25 family day care educators engaged by, or registered with, the family day care service;