{"id":40688,"date":"2025-07-17T09:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/decyp.dev.ionata.com\/?page_id=40688"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T01:47:50","slug":"regulation-of-education-and-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/decyp.dev.ionata.com\/zh\/about-us\/policies-legislation-data\/data-and-statistics\/regulation-of-education-and-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulation of Education and Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:1.375rem\">The latest quarterly data on the regulation of Early Childhood Education and Care and Child Care in Tasmania.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/d2dl272p2irud0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ecu-data-icon2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/decyp-dev-ionata-com.assets.ionatahosting.net\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ecu-data-icon2.png 768w, https:\/\/decyp-dev-ionata-com.assets.ionatahosting.net\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ecu-data-icon2-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/educationandcare.tas.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Education and Care Unit<\/a> regulates early childhood education and care (ECEC) and child care in Tasmania under two legislative frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/about\">National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care<\/a>, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/national-quality-framework\/national-law-and-regulations\">National Law and National Regulations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Tasmanian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelaw.tas.gov.au\/tocview\/index.w3p%3Bcond=ALL%3Bdoc_id=62%2B%2B2001%2BAT%40EN%2B20170711100000%3Bhiston=%3Bpdfauthverid=%3Bprompt=%3Brec=%3Brtfauthverid=%3Bterm=Child%20Care%20Act%3Bwebauthverid=\"><em>Child Care Act (Tasmania) 2001<\/em><\/a> and supporting Licensing Standards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Publishing regulatory data provides transparency around the Regulatory Authority functions of the Education and Care Unit and encourages voluntary compliance and improved service quality by the early childhood education and care sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Data below details regulatory activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-406880\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Service and provider approvals<\/h2><div id=\"ac-406880\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"service-and-provider-approvals\">Service and provider approvals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>All early childhood education and care providers and services and child care services must be approved to operate. &nbsp;Early childhood providers and services approved to operate under the National Quality Framework (NQF) are listed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/resources\/national-registers\">National registers | ACECQA<\/a> for education and care providers and services on the Tasmanian <a href=\"https:\/\/educationandcare.tas.gov.au\/families-and-communities\/licensed-child-care-services\/\">Licensed Child Care Services Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The table below shows the number of approved&nbsp;providers and services in Tasmania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Providers and services approved to operate in Tasmania&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">&nbsp;Approved as of 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Education and care providers approved to operate under the NQF<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">&nbsp;67&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Education and care services approved to operate under the NQF<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">&nbsp;245&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Child care services licensed to operate under the Child Care Act<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">&nbsp;21&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications for provider and service approval must be assessed and considered against legislative requirements. Regulatory Authority powers and functions the Education and Care Unit exercise include considering applications. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please note, not all applications result in an approval.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The table below shows the number of applications for provider or service approval approved&nbsp;in Tasmania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"new-approvals\">New approvals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulatory data<\/th><th>Quarter ending 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><th>Last financial year 1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Education and care providers approved to operate under the NQF<\/strong><\/td><td>&nbsp;0<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Education and care services approved to operate under the NQF<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>2&nbsp;<\/td><td>12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Child care services licensed to operate under the Child Care Act<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>0<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-406881\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Service monitoring<\/h2><div id=\"ac-406881\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Authorised Officers conduct visits to monitor quality and compliance with legislative requirements. Monitoring visits are typically unannounced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"nqf-service-visits\">NQF Service visits&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulatory data&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quarter ending 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Last financial year<br>1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Assessment and rating&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">13<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">60<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Compliance and monitoring&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">68&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">277&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Total service visits&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">81<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">337<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-406882\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Notifications and complaints<\/h2><div id=\"ac-406882\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Approved providers are required to notify the Regulatory Authority (section 174 of the National Law) of a range of serious incidents (defined by regulation 12 of the National Regulations) and circumstances at an education and care service, including complaints received by the service or provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notification and complaint&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulatory data&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quarter ending 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Last financial year<br>1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Complaint&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">27&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">78&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Incident&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">206&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">823&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Regulatory Authority also receives complaints directly from complainants, such as members of the community and families, some of these will relate to the same incidents reported by approved providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"complaints-to-the-regulatory-authority\">Complaints to the Regulatory Authority<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulatory data&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quarter ending 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Last financial year<br>1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Direct complaint&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">13&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">42&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-406883\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Breaches of the <em>Education and Care Services National Law<\/em> and National Regulations<\/h2><div id=\"ac-406883\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>The Regulatory Authority actively monitors provider and services and investigates and responds to allegations of non-compliance when it receives intelligence (including through notifications, complaints or service visits) about possible breaches of the legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"total-breaches\">Total breaches&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulatory data&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quarter ending 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Last financial year<br>1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Confirmed&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">154&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">562&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Not confirmed&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">103&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">509&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top-5-breaches-of-the-national-law\">Top 5 breaches of the National Law&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulatory data&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">National Law breach<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quarter ending 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Last financial year<br>1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 1&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Section 165 Offence to inadequately supervise children<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">46<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">136<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 2&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Section 167 Offence relating to protection of children from harm and hazards<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">21<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">62<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 3&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Section 166 &nbsp;Offence to use inappropriate discipline<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">15<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">46<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 4&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Section 169 Offence relating to staffing arrangements<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">33<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 5&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Section 174 Offence to notify certain information to Regulatory Authority<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">22<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top-5-breaches-of-the-national-regulations\">Top 5 breaches of the National Regulations&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulatory data&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">National Regulation breach<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quarter ending 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Last financial year<br>1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 1&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulation 99 Children leaving the education and care service premises<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">18<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">75<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 2&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulation 97 Emergency and evacuation procedures<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">9<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">30<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 3&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulation 77 Health, hygiene and safe food practices<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">26<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 4&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulation 80 &nbsp;Weekly menu<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Top 5&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulation107 Space requirements\u2014indoor space<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">7<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-406884\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Compliance actions<\/h2><div id=\"ac-406884\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>Statutory sanctions including but not limited to Compliance Directions, Compliance Notices, Conditions on Service Approval can be applied in response to non-compliance where further enforcement action is deemed necessary to support the health, safety and wellbeing of children attending a service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"compliance-action-taken\">Compliance action taken<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Regulatory data&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quarter ending 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Last financial year <br>1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Compliance notice<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Prohibition notice<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Emergency action notice<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Approval amended<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">1&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"false\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-406885\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Assessment and Rating&nbsp;<\/h2><div id=\"ac-406885\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>The Education and Care Unit as the Tasmanian Regulatory Authority ensures education and care services are assessed against the 7 quality areas of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acecqa.gov.au\/nqf\/national-quality-standard\">National Quality Standard<\/a>. &nbsp;Services are given a rating for each of the 7 quality areas and an overall rating based on these results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"assessment-and-rating-visits\">Assessment and Rating visits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Assessment and Rating&nbsp;visits&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quarter ending 30 June 2025 <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Last financial year <br>1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025 <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Total Assessment and Rating visits&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">13&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">60&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quality-rating\">Quality Rating<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quality Rating&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Number of services with published rating as of 30 June 2025<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Percentage of services with published rating As of 30 June 2025&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Exceeding the NQS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">47<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">21%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Meeting the NQS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">136<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">62%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Working Towards the NQS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">38<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">17%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Significant Improvement Required&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>TOTAL<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">221<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">90%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Elements most frequently rated Not Met over the past 12 months&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Quarter ending 30 June 2025 <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Last financial year <br>1 July 2024 \u2013 30 June 2025 <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>2.1.2 (element)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">0&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">5&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" 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