Full ratings for every Australian childcare centre: see how yours ranks

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More than 1400 Australian childcare services – nearly one in 10 – are not meeting national quality standards, according to the latest industry snapshot.

Overall, 92 per cent of the country’s 18,013 childcare centres are “working towards” meeting standards, the May report from the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority shows.

Services, which include long day care, family day care and outside-school-hours care run at schools, are rated on seven key indicators, including safety, physical environment and staffing.

The Northern Territory has the highest per cent of centres not meeting standards (22 per cent), followed by Tasmania (18 per cent), South Australia (17 per cent), Western Australia (15 per cent), Australian Capital Territory (14 per cent), Queensland (11 per cent), New South Wales (7 per cent) and Victoria (4 per cent).

In total, 70 per cent of services are meeting quality standards and 21 per cent are exceeding them.

Only 28 centres out of more than 18,000 have the top rating of “excellent”.

At the other end of the scale, there are 13 services needing significant improvement: eight in NSW, two in Victoria and the Northern Territory, and none in the other states.

Nationally, 22 per cent of family day care centres are not meeting standards, compared to nine per cent of long day care services.

The childcare ratings system, which has been in place since 2012, was placed under review in 2023 in order to assess whether new protections were needed for children.

Since then, it has been revealed that two pedophiles in Queensland and Victoria with access to thousands of children have been working in the industry.

Nationally, 22 per cent of family day care centres are not meeting standards. Photo: iStock

They include Joshua Brown, who worked at 20 Melbourne centres, who is facing 70 child abuse charges, and Ashley Paul Griffith, who in 2024 pleaded guilty to more than 300 charges committed in daycares in Brisbane and Italy over two decades.

The extent of Mr Brown’s alleged abuse, which led more than 1000 babies and young children being tested for sexually transmitted infections, has prompted calls for an urgent overhaul of the sector.

Fast-tracked reforms include a ban on educators having mobile phones while working, shorter time frames for notifications of abuse and a ban on vaping.

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