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.
With less than two weeks to go the team at The Sector are thrilled to confirm the agenda for the upcoming ECEC Compliance and Risk Forum. This must-attend event will bring together senior leaders from across policy, operations, safeguarding, risk, insurance and communications.
More than 1,300 early childhood education and care (ECEC) services have received unannounced visits from Australian Government officers since the national spot-check program began in November 2025, as the Commonwealth increases its compliance presence across the sector.
Singapore has unveiled plans to dramatically reduce childcare and infant care fees by 2030, while expanding the number of government-supported preschool places, a reform that provides an interesting comparison as Australia continues its own journey towards universal early childhood education and care.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has placed childcare reform firmly on the Coalition's policy agenda, arguing Australia's current system needs greater flexibility and choice to better reflect the different ways families work and care for their children.
Guardian Childcare & Education has launched a new Leadership Academy designed to strengthen the confidence, capability and career development of current and aspiring Centre Managers across its early learning network.
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.
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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