25 Sunshine Coast childcare centres failing national standards

Find out if your child goes to a childcare centre that is failing national standards for quality care.

Multiple childcare centres on the Sunshine Coast are failing to meet national standards.

MULTIPLE childcare centres on the Sunshine Coast are failing to meet national standards for quality care, yet questions around the data's validity has prompted calls for an overhaul of the system.

Out of the 446 Queensland centres deemed to be deficient in at least one of the seven quality areas, 25 were recorded in the Sunshine Coast region.

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The state's 2977 centres are assessed per the National Quality Standards introduced in 2012, and includes children's health and safety, education and physical education programs and staffing and governance.

COAST CHILDCARE CENTRES FAILING NATIONAL STANDARDS:

• Woombye Child Care Centre
• Busy Bees Child Care Centre and Kindergarten (Noosaville)
• KinderMarlee (Landsborough)
• Kindamindi Development & Learning Centre (Warana)
• YMCA Currimundi Outside School Hours Care
• Paradise Kids Club (Pacific Paradise)
• Mooloolah After School & Vacation Care Program
• Helping Hands Eumundi
• Chevallum State School Wonderful Outside School Hours (Woosh) Care Service
• Camp Australia - Buddina State School OSHC
• Kidz Bizz Glenview P&C
• Pacific Lutheran Outside School Hours Care (Birtinya)
• Caloundra Christian College Outside School Hours Care
• Bambini Early Childhood Development (Peregian Springs)
• CCM: Cherubs Hub Family Day Care (Caloundra West)
• Camp Australia - Brightwater State School OSHC
• Passionate Minds Family Day Care Providers
• Petit Early Learning Journey Caloundra
• Montessori International College (Forest Glen)
• Sparrow Early Learning Sippy Downs
• Green Leaves Early Learning Oceanside (Birtinya)
• Rise & Shine Kindergarten Maroochydore
• Unity College Outside School Hours Care (Caloundra West)
• Stella Maris Outside School Hours Care (Maroochydore)
• Camp Australia - Baringa State Primary School OSHC

Parents are choosing childcare options based on the ratings, yet there are concerns the data may be inaccurate as assessors are failing to revisit some centres for as long as six years.

Early Childhood Australia chief executive Sam Page said it was disappointing there were multiple centres in Queensland not reaching the standards, despite overall improvement.

"(The) 'working towards' (rating) should be in the minority of services by now," she said.

Ms Page said another problem was that state governments weren't meeting targets to reassess centres every three years, meaning many ratings were outdated.

While specific breaches of the "quality areas" are not publicly listed, assessors look at whether the environment is safe and suitable, the centre has experienced educators who safeguard children's health and that educational programs are appropriate.

Revealed: The 446 Queensland childcare centres failing national standards

Education Minister Grace Grace said a "working towards" mark was not a fail, and did not indicate a risk to the health, safety or wellbeing of children, rather that a service had one or more areas identified for improvement.

The Federal Education Department confirmed a review of the National Quality Framework was under way to consider whether it was current and fit for purpose.

Originally published as 25 Sunshine Coast childcare centres failing national standards