Regulation requirements
The NSW Early Learning Commission has regulatory responsibility to raise quality and drive continuous improvement and consistency in NSW early education and care services.
The NSW Early Learning Commission is the independent regulator for early childhood education and care services (ECEC) in NSW. This regulatory responsibility includes monitoring, assessment and rating, and the provision of regular feedback, review, and enforcement of compliance and approval processes for all services and providers. The NSW Early Learning Commission also plays a key role in enabling families to make informed decisions when enrolling children into an early childhood education and care setting.
The three primary goals of the regulatory activity are to:
- raise quality and drive continuous improvement and consistency in NSW early education and care services,
- ensure the safety, health and wellbeing of children attending education and care services,
- improve the educational and developmental outcomes for children attending education and care services.