Acknowledgement and Credits
Acknowledgement
The content of these Early Childhood Education and Care Toolkit pages has been sourced from the Early Childhood Education and Care Toolkit prepared by the Astrolabe Group | Change Management Consultancy in 2026 for the NSW Premier’s Department.
In preparing the toolkit, Astrolabe has made every effort to ensure the information included is reliable and accurate. Astrolabe is unable to accept responsibility or liability for the use of this toolkit by third parties.
List of figures
Figure 1 – Summary of ECEC umbrella term under the Standard Instrument LEP
Figure 2 – Percentage of SA2 population living in an area classified as a child care desert
Figure 3 – Educator to child ratios – NSW Department of Education 2023
Image Credits
Educational Group Activity at the Kindergarten by Oksanashufrych
Child playing by Deyan Georgiev
Colourful number blocks on the table by Tara Winstead from Pexels
Toddler having fun in playground by Jaspe
Kids making origami by Nadezhda1906 from Getty Images
Two children playing with lego blocks by cottonbro studio from Pexels
Kids with colourful shoes by FamVeld from Getty Images Pro
Children playing with colourful wooden blocks by Ksenia Chernaya from Pexels
Woman and children doing art with coloured papers by Yan Krukau from Pexels
Kids playing with rattle musical instrument by Ksenia Chernaya from Pexels
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Colourful handprints and cups of paint by Comstock from Photo Images
Educational group activity at kindergarten by oksanashufrych
Pages of Children’s learning books by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels
Furniture in Preschool by Alex Tyson from Pexels
Kids painting flowers by Alena Shekhovtsova from corelens