Childcare compliance tools

Each tool works from the Education and Care Services National Regulations, reprint current at 12 August 2026, and cites the regulation beside its result. The two calculators need no account. The calendar and the QIP builder are free with any account; the research assistant and unlimited QIP goals are on the trial and paid plans.

No account needed

Free

Ratio calculator

Children by age band and state in, the minimum educators out, room by room and across the service, with the state settings applied. Also by state: NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT.

Regulations 122 and 123; ACT r 260, NSW r 271, TAS r 342, VIC r 357, WA r 369
Free

Roster checker

Today’s children and the staff on the floor in, a pass or fail on the ratio, the 50 per cent diploma rule, early childhood teacher hours for your size and first aid cover out.

Regulations 10, 122, 123, 126, 130 to 136; section 169
Free

QIP template

A Quality Improvement Plan structure that meets regulation 55, with worked example rows and the mistakes officers discount. Copy it into your own document.

Regulations 55 and 56
Free

Exclusion periods table

Every infectious disease with the exclusion period for the child and for contacts, from the national guidance and the Victorian table.

Regulations 88 and 168(2)(c)

Free with any account

Compliance calendar

Every date the Regulations attach a renewal or review period to: CPR yearly, first aid and anaphylaxis and asthma every 3 years, child safety training every 2 years, QIP review yearly, emergency rehearsal every 3 months, risk assessments yearly, working with children check expiries. One reminder email before each falls due.

Regulations 56, 84C, 97, 100 to 102AAC, 116, 128D to 128E, 136(4A)

QIP builder

The Quality Improvement Plan as a live document: Met or Not met on each of the 40 elements with evidence, strengths per standard, goals with progress notes, the annual review record, and an export in the ACECQA layout. Free accounts hold three goals; the trial and paid plans have no limit.

Regulations 55 and 56; Schedule 1

Trial and paid plans

Research assistant with citations

Ask a question in your own words. The answer cites the section of the National Law, the regulation or the NQS element it relies on, so you can check the source. Document review and premises photo review on the paid plans.

14-day trial, no card; then Centre A$149 or Group A$399 per month

Editable templates

Assessment and Rating visit checklist, educator ratio and staffing spreadsheet, QIP template pack, and the regulation 168 policies and procedures pack. Word and Excel, yours to edit.

Prices on the templates page
What these tools are. Research and record-keeping aids built from the current reprint of the Regulations. They are not compliance decisions: the regulatory authority decides compliance and rates services under Part 5 of the National Law. Confirm the position with your authority before relying on a result.

Need the rule behind a result? The guides cover every quality area, the ratios and qualification rules, the roles, and the health and safety regulations, each checked against the reprint.