4240.0 - Preschool Education, Australia, 2012 Quality Declaration 
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APPENDIX SERVICE PROVIDER COVERAGE


SERVICE PROVIDER COVERAGE

There are two types of service provider counts produced for the 2012 National Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Collection. These are presented in Tables A1 and A2 below.


Table A1 - Census count

The census count represents the number of service providers from which data was published for the 2012 National ECEC Collection. The 2012 census count was developed by processing service provider information from 2012 state and territory ECEC collections and the 2012 Child Care Management System (CCMS) data submission. The census count excludes service providers sourced from the National Preschool Census (NPC) as no NPC child episodes were included in the 2012 National ECEC Collection. Service provider data from the different data sources were compared and service provider characteristics were updated to make use of the best available data. Where the same service provider was located within multiple data files, duplicated records of the same service provider were removed. A change in methodology from the 2011 collection has resulted in some movements across service activity type to reflect more accurately the main activity type occurring at a service provider. For the 2012 census count, where a service provider was categorised as a ‘Preschool’ within a state or territory collection but concurrently categorised as ‘Long day care’ within the CCMS collection, the service activity type ‘Long day care with a preschool program' was adopted. This has resulted in a number of services being re-classified from 'Preschool' to 'Long day care with a preschool program' within the overall population of service providers in the census count. The census count of service providers published in Table A1 relates directly to the published episode and child statistics. For further information please refer to the National ECEC Collection: Concepts, Sources and Methods, 2012 (cat. no 4240.0.55.001).

Care should be taken when comparing Table A1 in 2012 with the same table published for 2011. Due to the improved categorisation of service providers, data in 2012 are not directly comparable with previous cycles.

A1 NUMBER OF SERVICE PROVIDERS DELIVERING A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, Sector, State and Territory (CENSUS COUNT)
NSW
Vic.
QLD
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Preschool
Government
157
232
135
355
635
160
132
79
1 885
Non-government
Community
693
837
394
7
-
-
-
-
1 931
Private for profit
-
11
12
-
-
-
-
-
23
Independent schools
22
84
17
14
119
31
5
-
292
Catholic schools
3
-
3
8
127
31
4
-
176
Total Non-government
718
932
426
29
246
62
9
-
2 422
Total Preschools
875
1 164
561
384
881
222
141
79
4 307
Long day care
Long day care with a preschool program
1 253
843
(a)975
111
46
10
7
42
3 287
Total preschool providers
2 128
2 007
1 536
495
927
232
148
121
7 594
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Queensland's Long Day Care data includes a small number of Occasional Care services providing a preschool program



Table A2 - Population count

The population count represents the estimate of all service providers known to have delivered a preschool program in 2012. The 2012 population count was developed by processing service provider information from state and territory data sourced from the 2012 state and territory ECEC collections, the 2012 CCMS data submission and the 2012 NPC. Inclusion of the 2012 NPC within the population count assists in the estimation of service provider under-coverage within the 2012 National ECEC Collection. Data from the different sources were compared and service provider characteristics were updated to make use of the best available data. Where the same service provider was located within multiple data files, duplicated records of the same service provider were removed. A change in methodology from the 2011 collection has resulted in some movements across service activity types to more accurately reflect the main activity type occurring at a service provider. For the 2012 population count, where a service provider was categorised as a ‘Preschool’ within a state or territory collection but concurrently categorised as ‘Long day care’ within the CCMS collection, the service activity type ‘Long day care with a preschool program' was adopted. This has resulted in a number of services being re-classified from 'Preschool' to 'Long day care with a preschool program' within the overall population of service providers in the population count. For further information please refer to the National ECEC Collection: Concepts, Sources and Methods, 2012 (cat. no 4240.0.55.001).

Care should be taken when comparing Table A2 in 2012 with the same table published for 2011. Due to the improved categorisation of service providers, data in 2012 are not directly comparable with previous cycles.

A2 NUMBER OF SERVICE PROVIDERS DELIVERING AN ECEC PROGRAM, Sector, State and Territory (POPULATION COUNT)
NSW
Vic.
Qld
SA
WA
Tas.
NT
ACT
Aust.
Preschool
Government
158
233
139
356
638
162
136
81
1 903
Non-government
Community
736
848
394
10
-
-
-
-
1 988
Private for profit
8
14
12
-
-
-
-
-
34
Independent schools
34
86
17
16
122
33
5
10
323
Catholic schools
5
-
3
8
128
31
4
-
179
Total Non-government
783
948
426
34
250
64
9
10
2 524
Total Preschools
941
1 181
565
390
888
226
145
91
4 427
Long day care
Long day care with a preschool program
1 253
845
(a)975
111
46
10
7
42
3 289
Total preschool providers
2 194
2 026
1 540
501
934
236
152
133
7 716
Long day care without a preschool program
1 234
349
394
232
445
105
70
76
2 905
Total early childhood education and care providers
3 428
2 375
1 934
733
1 379
341
222
209
10 621
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Queensland's Long Day Care data includes a small number of Occasional Care services providing a preschool program