About the National Quality Framework
The Early Childhood Education Directorate has overarching principles for implementing its functions under the National Law and Regulations. We also use a number of regulatory policies to support consistent decision making.
Early Childhood Education Directorate has regulatory responsibility to raise quality and drive improvement in NSW early education and care services.
Information on the risk based approach, assessment and rating process, compliance and investigations and the National Quality Framework.
Information on how the NSW Regulatory Authority monitors services and providers’ compliance with legislation and approval conditions.
The department uses data to make informed decisions that lead to improved education outcomes.
Information on notification types and timeframes, as well as how early childhood education and school aged care services can notify the NSW Regulatory Authority of an incident or complaint.
Unpacking the excursion and transportation regulations.
When a complaint or notification about a service is received, it is assessed with more serious matters being referred for formal investigation.
Administrative decisions and processes in the public sector are open to challenge by persons affected by those decisions.
The enforcement actions list provides details of providers and supervisors who have been convicted for offences and had that conviction recorded.