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Long Day Care centres with QIAS accreditation, NSW and Australia, 1999-2008

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 2006,Report on Government Services 2004.

Comment

The proportion of accredited NSW Long Day Care centres has varied somewhat across the years, but with an apparently increasing trend until 2006. The proportion of accredited centres increased from 92.5% in 2007 to 93.1% in 2008. This reverses the decrease seen between 2006 and 2007.

From 1999 to 2008, the proportion of accredited centres in NSW has been similar to Australia as a whole.