The health, safety and wellbeing of children, families, educators and staff of early childhood education and care services continues to be our key focus.
We are continuing to liaise closely with public health authorities in relation to the latest developments and will act immediately on their advice.
To make it easier to find all the information you need, we have centralised all our COVID-19 support information which you can now find at
qed.qld.gov.au/covid19.
On this site you can find information for parents, students, schools and early childhood services including:
Find services in your area
Most early childhood and outside school hours care services are open during the COVID-19 pandemic. A small number of services have temporarily closed at their discretion or on advice from Queensland Health. The information on this page is for families re-locating their children to a new service.
Parents are strongly encouraged to contact services directly to obtain the most up-to-date information regarding availability and enrolment.
Early childhood service closures
The
temporary closures website lists early childhood service closures.
If a service is closed in response to a positive COVID-19 case or as a precaution, the service must:
All early childhood services including outside school hours care (OSHC) remain open and operating unless advised otherwise by health authorities.