Regulatory Readiness
ACECQA review and self-assessment for schools
Know your gaps before the assessor does. ACECQA self-assessment, mapped to the NQS.
Board-Ready Governance
EthosOne is the only ACECQA self-assessment tool in Australia mapped against all 7 Quality Areas, 18 Standards and 58 Elements of the National Quality Standard from day one. A live coverage dashboard shows your standing across every Quality Area with instant gap detection, and an exportable evidence snapshot is ready for both self-assessment and formal QIP submission.
Live ACECQA coverage in EthosOne, mapped to the National Quality Standard.
What is an ACECQA self-assessment tool?
An ACECQA self-assessment tool lets an early childhood service measure itself against the National Quality Standard before the assessor arrives. EthosOne is mapped against the full standard from day one, not a sample of it.
How does NQS self assessment work in EthosOne?
You assess your service against each Quality Area and the Standards and Elements beneath it. A live coverage dashboard tracks your evidence across all 7 Quality Areas and surfaces gaps the moment they appear.
Run at any scale. From one campus to a diocese, with every entity reporting the same way.
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- policy domains help you make sense of the policies you have, and the ones you need
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- in Australia and New Zealand supported
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- data, processing and AI based in Sydney and Melbourne via AWS
Coverage spans the eight Australian states and territories, with Commonwealth law applying across all of them, and separately New Zealand. Domain figures come from the PolicyAI Research Atlas.
The three we are asked every time.
Still weighing something up? Thirty minutes with us, on your own registers, answers the rest.
Book your school a demo01Does it cover the full National Quality Standard?
Yes. EthosOne is mapped against all 7 Quality Areas, 18 Standards and 58 Elements from day one.
02Can I export evidence for my QIP?
Yes. The evidence snapshot is exportable for both internal self-assessment and formal Quality Improvement Plan submission.
03Is this for standalone services or schools with an ELC?
Both. EthosOne works as a standalone ECEC platform, or as a module added to an existing school-level account.
How ready is your school for its next review?
Free, under ten minutes, and yours to keep whether or not you talk to us.
- Stored in AustraliaAWS Sydney and Melbourne, one database per school
- AI stays in the country tooAmazon Bedrock; never trained on your content
- Published, not describedTrust Centre · ISMS policy · How we handle your data
Know your gaps before the assessor does
Book a demo for your service, or start with the six-question self-assessment, scored for early learning.
Free templates for this
Supporting the frameworks and compliance schools already rely on
Why independent schools choose EthosOne
Governance clarity
Consistent, board-ready insights from one portal.
Assurance confidence
Named ownership keeps risk and actions visible.
Compliance control
State-aligned obligations managed in one cadence.
Risk transparency
ISO-aligned risk is governed, not just documented.
Know your gaps before the assessor does.ACECQA self-assessment, mapped to the NQS.
Page for early childhood services and school ELCs on self-assessing against all 7 NQS Quality Areas with exportable QIP evidence.
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Regulatory readiness
The Regulatory Readiness module; framework activated, review date set, evidence linked per criterion.
New South Wales · NESA
11 standards, 24 criteria.
Victoria · VRQA
6 standards, 25 criteria.
Queensland · NSSAB
8 standards, 18 criteria.
South Australia · ESB
3 standards, 26 criteria.
Western Australia · DoE
15 standards, 49 criteria.