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QIAS accreditation status of Long Day Care centres, NSW and Australia (number and per cent of centres), 2004-2008

New South Wales
		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Registered with NCAC	Total centres registered	1,794	1,906	2,015	2,166	2,257
Accreditation status	Total centres with accreditation decision	1,645	1,694	1,746	1,850	1,956
	Accredited	1,575 95.7%	1,637 96.6%	1,694 97.0%	1,712 92.5%	1,821 93.1%
Australia
		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Registered with NCAC	Total centres registered	4,473	4,747	5,043	5,360	5,597
Accreditation status	Total centres with accreditation decision	4,039	4,147	4,308	4,556	4,796
	Accredited	3,845 95.2%	4,001 96.5%	4,187 97.2%	4,208 92.4%	4,419 92.1%

Notes: Data based on centres accredited on June 30 of each year (percentage based on centres eligible for an accreditation decision). Long Day Care centres registered with the Quality Improvement and Accreditation System must progress through the five steps of Child Care Quality Assurance to be eligible for an accreditation decision.  As such some centres registered with the scheme may not have completed all steps required for an accreditation decision to be made by June 30.

Source: Report on Government Services 2009 , Report on Government Services 2008.

Comment

Between 2006 and 2007 the proportion of accredited centres fell by 4.5 percentage points. Increasing by 0.6 percentage points in 2008. 

In 2008 the proportion of centres accredited in NSW was slightly higher than Australia as a whole (93.1% and 92.1% respectively).