ACECQA is an independent national statutory authority with a vision to ensure children have the best start in life through high quality early childhood education and care. Our purpose is to work with all stakeholders to achieve the objectives of the National Quality Framework: ● 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 ● Promote continuous improvement in the provision of quality education and care services ● Improve public knowledge, and access to information, about the quality of education and care services ● Establish a system of national integration and shared responsibility between participating jurisdictions and the Commonwealth in the administration of the national education and care services quality framework ● Reduce the regulatory and administrative burden for education and care services by enabling information to be shared between participating jurisdictions and the Commonwealth.