Go through all 40 elements of the National Quality Standard and mark each one Met, Not yet or Unsure. Add a note on your evidence if you like. The tool then lists your gaps by quality area and standard, and shows which standards would sit at Working Towards: under the rating rules, a standard with any element not met is rated Working Towards. Use the list as the starting point for your quality improvement plan. It is not a rating; only the regulatory authority rates a service.
A free, element-by-element NQS self-check that turns your answers into a gap list for the QIP.
Each of the 7 quality areas has 2 or 3 standards and each standard has its elements, 40 in all (Schedule 1). A standard is rated Meeting NQS only if every one of its elements is met; if any element is not met, the standard is rated Working Towards. The quality area and overall ratings follow from the standard ratings. See NQS ratings explained and the assessment and rating checklist.
No. It is a free checklist built on the 40 NQS elements in Schedule 1 of the National Regulations. ACECQA publishes its own self-assessment resources, and only the regulatory authority rates a service.
Under the rating rules, a standard with any element not met is rated Working Towards NQS, and the quality area and overall ratings follow from the standards.
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WIDEN Law answers National Quality Framework questions with inline citations to the National Law, the Regulations and the NQS, so you can check the source provision yourself.
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