Victorian early childhood education and care services now have access to updated child safety guidance and resources designed to support them in identifying, reporting and responding to child abuse risks, concerns, allegations and complaints.
For Sparrow Early Learning, finding a childcare management system (CCMS) that could support their scale and ambitions was never going to be a decision made lightly. Sparrow needed a partner it could trust to operate at its scale for years to come, a structured migration plan, and support that protected educators, operational teams and, most importantly, children and families.
What happens when a high image of children becomes community advocacy and active citizenship in action?
A rare, purpose-built childcare facility in one of Melbourne's most tightly held inner-northern suburbs has hit the market, offering owner-operators the chance to occupy and trade from settlement, and investors with an operator already in play the chance to place a tenant in a premium early learning asset.
Bribie Island Community Kindergarten has celebrated an Australian first, bringing together past and present families, educators and community members to mark the extraordinary achievement.
92% of Australian parents believe their family is keeping pace with AI but 41% of younger parents fear their children falling behind
A five-year-old child climbed a fence, crossed a road and walked home alone after leaving a Western Australian outside school hours care service unnoticed during a vacation care session.
Edge Early Learning has entered voluntary administration, but its centres remain open and families have been advised to continue attending as normal while administrators assess the group's financial position and options for the future.
NSW Health has released its 2026 Childhood Vaccination Campaign Toolkit, giving early childhood education and care (ECEC) services access to ready-to-use resources that support families to understand the importance of vaccination and keep children’s immunisations up to date.
Demolition work has begun at 68–78 Howard Street in Nambour, clearing the way for a major new five-storey early childhood education and care (ECEC) service in the heart of the town’s central business district.
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