4240.0 - Preschool Education, Australia, 2015 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 18/03/2016   
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APPENDIX 1 - SERVICE PROVIDER COVERAGE


Table A1 shows the number of service providers from which data were collected for the 2015 Collection. All service providers that delivered an Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) program to children between the ages of 3 and 6 years are included in the counts.

A1 NUMBER OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS(a)(b)

NSW
Vic.
Qld(c)
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.

Preschool
Government
158
234
113
341
654
153
117
82
1 852
Non-government
Community
667
825
424
4
-
-
-
-
1 920
Private for profit(d)
-
7
5
3
-
-
-
-
15
Independent schools
13
82
22
13
119
25
5
7
286
Catholic schools
5
-
7
7
131
31
4
-
185
Total Non-government
685
914
458
27
250
56
9
7
2 406
Total Preschools
843
1 148
571
368
904
209
126
89
4 258
Preschool program within a long day care centre (e)
Government
245
98
31
62
23
10
3
-
472
Non-Government
2 394
1 141
1 393
275
432
78
66
127
5 906
Total preschool program within a long day care centre
2 639
1 239
1 424
337
455
88
69
127
6 378
Total preschool providers
3 482
2 387
1 995
705
1 359
297
195
216
10 636

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. Discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals.
(b) Includes all children 3 to 6 years of age inclusive.
(c) Queensland data includes a small number of occasional care services providing a preschool program.
(d) Includes 'Other'.
(e) Some preschools are reclassified to long day care due to collection methodologies.


The counts were developed by processing service provider information from state and territory submissions and the Australian Government's Child Care Management System (CCMS) submission. Where the same service provider was identified across two data sources, the service provider has been counted only once.

Information from the multiple data sources was compared and service provider data characteristics were updated to make use of the best available data. This methodology resulted in reclassification of service activity type for some service providers in order to most accurately reflect the activity occurring at a service provider. For example, where a service provider was categorised as 'preschool' within a state or territory collection but was also categorised as 'long day care with a preschool program' within the CCMS submission, the service activity type 'long day care with a preschool program' was adopted for that service provider.

Table A2 shows the number of service providers which had enrolments of 4 and 5 year old children. The category 'Total preschool program providers' in this table corresponds to the child and year before full-time schooling statistics reported in this publication.

A2 NUMBER OF SERVICE PROVIDERS WITH AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM DELIVERED TO CHILDREN AGED 4 AND 5 YEARS, Sector(a)(b)

NSW
Vic.
Qld(c)
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.

DELIVERED BY A QUALIFIED EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER

Preschool
Government
157
234
113
340
653
153
7
82
1 739
Non-government
Community
659
825
424
4
-
-
-
-
1 912
Private for profit(d)
-
7
5
3
-
-
-
-
15
Independent schools
12
82
22
13
118
25
-
7
279
Catholic schools
5
-
7
7
131
31
3
-
184
Total Non-government
676
914
458
27
249
56
3
7
2 390
Total preschool
833
1 148
571
367
902
209
10
89
4 129
Preschool program within a long day care centre
Government
242
98
31
62
23
10
3
-
469
Non-government
2 379
1 138
1 391
273
427
78
66
125
5 877
Total long day care(e)
2 621
1 236
1 422
335
450
88
69
125
6 346
Total service providers with a preschool program delivered by a qualified teacher
3 454
2 384
1 993
702
1 352
297
79
214
10 475

NOT DELIVERED BY A QUALIFIED EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER

Service providers with a preschool program not delivered by a qualified teacher(f)
9
-
-
-
-
-
115
-
124

TOTAL

Total service providers with a preschool program
3 463
2 384
1 993
702
1 352
297
194
214
10 599

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. Discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.
(b) Due to an expanded CCMS identification and imputation strategy for the 2015 Collection, there has been a significant increase in the number of LDCs with preschool programs; particularly in NSW. Refer to Explanatory Notes for more information
(c) Queensland data includes a small number of Occasional Care services providing a preschool program.
(d) Includes 'Other'.
(e) Some preschools are reclassified to long day care due to collection methodologies
(f) Includes not stated