APPENDIX 1 - SERVICE PROVIDER COVERAGE


Table A1 shows the number of service providers from which data were collected for the 2015 Collection. All service providers that delivered an Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) program to children between the ages of 3 and 6 years are included in the counts.

A1 NUMBER OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS(a)(b)
			NSW	Vic.	Qld(c)	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
Preschool
	Government		158	234	113	341	654	153	117	82	1 852
	Non-government
		Community	667	825	424	4	-	-	-	-	1 920
		Private for profit(d)	-	7	5	3	-	-	-	-	15
		Independent schools	13	82	22	13	119	25	5	7	286
		Catholic schools	5	-	7	7	131	31	4	-	185
		Total Non-government	685	914	458	27	250	56	9	7	2 406
	Total Preschools		843	1 148	571	368	904	209	126	89	4 258
Preschool program within a long day care centre (e)
	Government		245	98	31	62	23	10	3	-	472
	Non-Government		2 394	1 141	1 393	275	432	78	66	127	5 906
	Total preschool program within a long day care centre		2 639	1 239	1 424	337	455	88	69	127	6 378
Total preschool providers			3 482	2 387	1 995	705	1 359	297	195	216	10 636
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. Discrepancies may occur between the sums of the component items and totals.
(b) Includes all children 3 to 6 years of age inclusive.
(c) Queensland data includes a small number of occasional care services providing a preschool program.
(d) Includes 'Other'.
(e) Some preschools are reclassified to long day care due to collection methodologies.

The counts were developed by processing service provider information from state and territory submissions and the Australian Government's Child Care Management System (CCMS) submission. Where the same service provider was identified across two data sources, the service provider has been counted only once.

Information from the multiple data sources was compared and service provider data characteristics were updated to make use of the best available data. This methodology resulted in reclassification of service activity type for some service providers in order to most accurately reflect the activity occurring at a service provider. For example, where a service provider was categorised as 'preschool' within a state or territory collection but was also categorised as 'long day care with a preschool program' within the CCMS submission, the service activity type 'long day care with a preschool program' was adopted for that service provider.

Table A2 shows the number of service providers which had enrolments of 4 and 5 year old children. The category 'Total preschool program providers' in this table corresponds to the child and year before full-time schooling statistics reported in this publication.

A2 NUMBER OF SERVICE PROVIDERS WITH AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM DELIVERED TO CHILDREN AGED 4 AND 5 YEARS, Sector(a)(b)
			NSW	Vic.	Qld(c)	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT	Aust.
DELIVERED BY A QUALIFIED EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER
Preschool
	Government		157	234	113	340	653	153	7	82	1 739
	Non-government
		Community	659	825	424	4	-	-	-	-	1 912
		Private for profit(d)	-	7	5	3	-	-	-	-	15
		Independent schools	12	82	22	13	118	25	-	7	279
		Catholic schools	5	-	7	7	131	31	3	-	184
		Total Non-government	676	914	458	27	249	56	3	7	2 390
	Total preschool		833	1 148	571	367	902	209	10	89	4 129
Preschool program within a long day care centre
	Government		242	98	31	62	23	10	3	-	469
	Non-government		2 379	1 138	1 391	273	427	78	66	125	5 877
	Total long day care(e)		2 621	1 236	1 422	335	450	88	69	125	6 346
Total service providers with a preschool program delivered by a qualified teacher			3 454	2 384	1 993	702	1 352	297	79	214	10 475
NOT DELIVERED BY A QUALIFIED EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER
Service providers with a preschool program not delivered by a qualified teacher(f)			9	-	-	-	-	-	115	-	124
TOTAL
Total service providers with a preschool program			3 463	2 384	1 993	702	1 352	297	194	214	10 599
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Cells in this table have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. Discrepancies may occur between sums of the component items and totals.
(b) Due to an expanded CCMS identification and imputation strategy for the 2015 Collection, there has been a significant increase in the number of LDCs with preschool programs; particularly in NSW. Refer to Explanatory Notes for more information
(c) Queensland data includes a small number of Occasional Care services providing a preschool program.
(d) Includes 'Other'.
(e) Some preschools are reclassified to long day care due to collection methodologies
(f) Includes not stated