We are setting critical foundations for learning and wellbeing for every child through quality early childhood education and services.
Is your service ready? Learn about the early childhood regulatory priorities for 2023–25, focusing on compliance and service quality.
Kindergarten is now free for eligible-aged children who attend a government-approved program offering free kindy.
A new Look Before You Lock procedural video is available to help services ensure children are always transported safely.
The updated checklists provide information on the current Queensland kindergarten funding available to long day care and sessional kindergartens. Stay informed and maximise the resources and funding available to your service.
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Free kindy is available to all Queensland families in 2025 and beyond. Resources have been updated to help promote kindy in 2025. Download and display the posters at your service and share the postcards and social media tiles with your community.
Public consultation on regulatory and non-regulatory policy options to improve child safety in the education and care sector is open until 11 June 2025. The Consultation Regulation Impact Statement is now live. Have your say on the proposed changes.
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New video resources are now available to help with managing and supporting children’s varied and complex medical needs to ensure every child goes home safely.
When can my child start kindy?
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Since the release of the Statement of Shared Commitment for the sector, services across Queensland are sharing their support through social media and engagement activities with their communities.
Have your say about possible changes to make education and care services even safer for children.
Australian governments nationally are working together to deliver recommendations from the review of Child Safety Arrangements under the National Quality Framework (NQF) released in December 2023.
Information for early childhood services on ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.