Education and Care Regulatory Unit - Sector Updates

Providers and Services refer to Sector Updates to keep up to date with current information and events in the Education and Care sector. This includes learnings from enforcement actions and recent sector trends.

Latest Sector Updates

2025

Four-year-old found running on the road whilst attending a Byford education and care service
November 2025

Department of Education - ECEC Staff Survey
October 2025

National Principles for Child Safe Organisations in Children's Week 2025
October 2025

Seven-year-old child left on a bus on 41ºC day in Forrestfield
October 2025

Two children aged five and six found unsupervised during an excursion at Perth Zoo
October 2025

Two toddlers left an education and care service in Cloverdale unsupervised
September 2025

Phase 2 reforms to strengthen WA’s Working with Children Check law
August 2025

Changes to the NQF starting 1 September  2025
August 2025

Reportable conduct workshop for Early Learning sector (Ombudsman  WA)
August 2025

Educator to child ratios for family day care services regulations 124(5) and 153(1)(ma)
August 2025

Two-year-old child found unsupervised beside a road on an excursion in Baldivis
June 2025

National Burns Awareness Month
June 2025

16-month-old child left alone inside a closed education and care service in Mirrabooka
June 2025

Annual Fees – Frequently Asked Questions
June 2025

ECU Survey on food environments
June 2025

IMPORTANT: Update about a Registered Training Organisation (RTO)
June 2025 

16-month-old child left alone inside a closed education and care service in Mirrabooka 
June 2025

Child Safety Review
May 2025

Gastroenteritis Warning
April 2025

Heatwave Warning
February 2025

2024

Sector Update – Cancellation of Qualifications: Luvium and Gills
December 2024

Important update about a Registered Training Organisation (RTO)
November 2024

Plans assessments – OSHC services located on school sites 
October 2024

Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse
September 2024

Three children found unsupervised 
August 2024

Sector Update
August 2024

Child leaves a Morley out of school hours care service unsupervised
August 2024

Starting Blocks
July 2024

ECRU Checklists 
May 2024

Urgent Reminder: Re-register your provider approval 
April 2024

Two-year-old child left outside unsupervised
April 2024

Update regarding NQA IT System Upgrade
March 2024

Two-year-old child injured whilst left unsupervised
February 2024

Child found shut in a shed
January 2024

Kinross vacation care service left a child at a restaurant
January 2024

Child sustains first and second degree burns
January 2024 

2023

Five-year-old child left behind at school 
December 2023 

Amendments to the WA Regulations being prepared to correspond to the National Regulations amendments that came into effect on 1 October 2023
November 2023 

Amendments to the WA Regulations, effective 1 December 2023 
November 2023

Unsupervised 5 year old leaves service
November 2023  

Grants available to deliver better outcomes for young children   
November 2023

Unsupervised five-year-old left on bus for 31 minutes
October 2023

Supervision Critical
September 2023

Legislative changes in effect on 1 July 2023
July 2023

Legislative Changes to Outside School Hours Care
- Qualified educator requirements from 1 July 2023
July 2023

Making Payments to the Regulatory Authority
July 2023