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\nOccasional Paper 1 January 2016  \nThe best possible start in [life | www.ACECQA.gov.au](life | www.ACECQA.gov.au)  \n Contents  \n\n| Overview | 4 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Background | 5 |\n| How a service rating is determined | 6 |\n| Progress in service quality rating | 8 |\n| Quality Areas | 11 |\n| Educational Program and Practice (Quality Area 1)– differences according to jurisdiction, service sub-type, management type, socioeconomic status, and remoteness classification | 12 |\n| Quality Area 1 and jurisdictions | 13 |\n| Quality Area 1 and service sub-type | 16 |\n| Quality Area 1 and provider management type | 18 |\n| Quality Area 1 and SEIFA ranking | 20 |\n| Quality Area 1 and remoteness | 22 |\n| Quality Area 1-Standards and elements | 24 |\n| Standards | 24 |\n| Elements | 25 |\n| Case Studies | 27 |\n| Services meeting element 1.2.1 | 29 |\n| Services not meeting element 1.2.1 | 31 |\n| Services meeting element 1.2.3 | 35 |\n| Services not meeting element 1.2.3 | 37 |\n| Conclusion | 39 |\n| Implications and future directions | 40 |\n| Links to resources | 41 |\n| Bibliography | 41 |\n| Appendix A | 43 |\n| Appendix B | 47 |\n\n1  \nThe best possible start in [life | www.ACECQA.gov.au](life | www.ACECQA.gov.au)  \n List of Figures  \nFigure 1: The NQS rating system 7  \nFigure 2: Number of approved services by jurisdiction and service type 9  \nFigure 3: Percentage of quality rated services at each overall rating level by jurisdiction 10  \nFigure 4: Percentage of quality rated services at each quality area rating level 11  \nFigure 5: Percentage of quality rated services at each Quality Area 1 rating level by jurisdiction 13  \nFigure 6: Percentage of services with a quality rating by service sub-type 16  \nFigure 7: Percentage of quality rated services at each Quality Area 1 rating level by service sub-type 17  \nFigure 8: Percentage of services with a quality rating by provider management type 18  \nFigure 9: Percentage of quality rated services at each Quality Area 1 rating level by provider  \nmanagement type 19  \n\n| Figure 10: Percentage of services with a quality rating by SEIFA decile | 20 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Figure 11: Percentage of quality rated services at each Quality Area 1 rating level by SEIFA decile | 21 |\n| Figure 12: Percentage of services with a quality rating by remoteness classification | 22 |\n| Figure 13: Percentage of quality rated services at each Quality Area 1 rating level by remoteness classification | 23 |\n| Figure 14: Percentage of quality rated services at each standard rating level | 24 |\n| Figure 15: Percentage of Quality Area 1 elements assessed as Not Met or Met for approved services rated Working Towards or Significant Improvement Required | 26 |\n\n2  \nThe best possible start in [life | www.ACECQA.gov.au](life | www.ACECQA.gov.au)  \n List of Tables  \nTable 1: Total number of services and number of services with a quality rating by jurisdiction 8  \nTable 2: NQS Quality Areas 11  \nTable 3: Quality Area 1 standards and elements 25  \nTable 4: Number of approved services and number and percentage of services with  \na quality rating by sub service type 47  \nTable 5: Number of approved services and number and percentage of services with  \na quality rating by provider management type 48  \nTable 6: Number of approved services and number and percentage of services with  \na quality rating by SEIFA 49  \nTable 7: Number of approved services and number and percentage of services with  \na quality rating by ARIA 49  \n3  \nThe best possible start in [life | www.ACECQA.gov.au](life | www.ACECQA.gov.au)  \n Overview  \nThis occasional paper is the first in a series on the National Quality Framework (NQF) . 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