Snapshot of the NSW sector
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Department of Education Preschool
School-based NSW Government run services
Ages 3-5
101 services
(99 under National Quality Framework + Dubbo School of Distance Education and School of the Air Broken Hill and Hay)
3,441 children
= 3.5% of the approximate year before full-time school population
+ ~700 not in year before full time school (3-4 year olds)
- Typically operates 6-hr days (eg. 9am-3pm)
- Generally offers preschool programs for 600 hrs/yr (typically 5 days/fortnight)
- Guided by Early Years Learning Framework
- Not eligible for CCS
Community and Mobile Preschool
Primarily funded by the NSW Government
Ages 3-5
~700 centre-based community preschool services
+ 38 mobile preschool services
20,735 children
= 21.1% of the approximate year before full-time school population
+ ~18,000 not in year before full-time school (3-4 year olds)
- Typically operates 7.5-hr days (eg. 8:30am-4pm)
- Generally offers preschool programs for 600 hrs/yr (typically 2 days/week)
- Guided by Early Years Learning Framework
- 92% private NFP, 5% gov’t managed and 3% Catholic / Independent schools
- Not eligible for CCS
Long Day Care/ Centre-based Day Care
Centre-based services with extended hours that offer preschool programs
Ages 0-5
~3,300 long day care services, especially in metro and urban areas
61,584 children
= 62.7% of the ~ year before full-time school population
+ ~187,000 not in year before full time school (0-4 year-olds)
- Typically operates 10-11 hrs/day (eg. 7:30am-6pm)
- Guided by Early Years Learning Framework
- 75% private for-profit, 17% private NFP, 6% government managed and 2% Catholic/Independent schools
- Eligible for CCS
Family Day Care
Home-based services
Ages 0-12
~ 145 FDC services
30,000 children
- Days and hours vary between services and educators
- Small groups of up to seven children
- No requirement to have an early childhood teacher
- 54% private for-profit, 22% private NFP and 24% government managed
- Eligible for CCS
Out of School Hours Care
Centre-based services offering before and after school care & vacation care
Ages 5-12
~1,500 OSHC services
+ 300 long day care centres provide OSHC
151,600 children
- Typically operates before school (eg. 7am-9am) & after school (eg. 3-6pm), often located at a school
- Guided by My Time, Our Place learning framework
- 47% private for-profit, 42% private NFP, 6% gov’t managed & 5% Catholic / Independent schools
- Eligible for CCS
Notes
Year before full-time school children includes all 5 yo and a proportion of 4 yo children
CCS = Commonwealth Child Care Subsidy