Kindergarten programs in Queensland
Queensland has been very successful in ramping up access to 4 year old kindergarten programs, but has limited access to 3 year old programs.
Monday 7 November 2016
Queensland has been very successful in ramping up access to 4 year old kindergarten programs, but has limited access to kindergarten programs for 3 year old children - although two thirds are enrolled in early education and care (ECEC).
Key facts
- 68 per cent of 3 year olds are enrolled in ECEC (in long day care, sessional kindergarten and family day care)
- 16 per cent of 3 year olds are enrolled in kindergarten programs
- 100 per cent of children are enrolled in kindergarten programs in the year before school
- 90 per cent are attending for 15 hours or more (noting data is collected in a reference week and is likely to under-estimate actual attendance across the year)
- The majority of children in Queensland attend kindergarten through long day care settings, although there is also a substantial community preschool sector
- Total per-child expenditure in Queensland is substantially below the national average
Proportion of 3 year olds enrolled in all ECEC and preschool
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Graph showing the proportion of 3 year olds enrolled in all ECEC and preschool. The data shows that in Queensland, 68% of 3 years olds are in ECEC and 15.7% of 3 year olds are in preschool. By comparison, Australia-wide 66% of 3 year olds are in ECEC and 21.3% of 3 year old are in preschool.
Fact sheets in this series
- An additional year of preschool - an achievable reform
- Designing a preschool program
- Preschool programs for 3 year olds
- International preschool programs for 3 year olds
- Kindergarten programs in Queensland
- Kindergarten programs in Tasmania
- Kindergarten programs in Victoria
- Kindergarten programs in Western Australia
- The impact of two years of preschool
- Two years are better than one
- Preschool programs in the Northern Territory
- Preschool programs in New South Wales
- Preschool programs in South Australia
- Preschool programs in the ACT.