About the ECE Quality for Children and Workplace Survey (2014 – 2026)
What is really happening for children and staff in ECE? The national three-yearly ECE Quality for Children and Workplace Survey provides a large-scale snapshot of…
Early Childhood Sector Confidence Survey Results 2025
The 2025 Confidence and Outlook Survey reveals sector confidence in the Government has dropped to its lowest point ever, with most respondents believing ECE is…
Working as an Early Childhood Teacher in NZ: Findings from the 2023 Survey
The 2023 ECE teacher survey exposes a far tougher reality than the profession’s positive image, with many teachers reporting bullying, injuries, low pay, and unstable…
ECE Quality for Children 2023: Survey Results
The 2023 ECE Quality and Employment Survey reveals what what is happening inside early childhood services - from quality concerns to daily pressures that affect…
ECE Participation and Child Outcomes: A Critical Review of the Evidence
This review cuts through political spin to reveal what the strongest evidence actually shows about the effects of ECE. Learn the real benefits and risks…
Private and Community-Based ECE: Findings from the 2020 ECE Quality and Workplace Survey
This report highlights clear differences in teacher wellbeing, stability, and children’s daily experiences between private and community ECE services.
ECE Quality for Children 2020 – Survey Results
What more than 4,000 ECE staff reported about children's experiences At the beginning of the 2020 year, 4,021 staff working in early childhood education services…
Choking on Apple: Investigation Report on a Most Serious Preventable Incident
This investigative report examines how a toddler’s choking on raw apple led to life‑altering injuries and exposed serious gaps in ECE safety oversight. It questions…
Bullying in ECE Workplaces – 2017 Survey
Workplace bullying in early childhood education is more common than many realise - this report shares what teachers, supervisors, and service owners revealed about harmful…
Work-Related Injuries in Early Childhood Services – 2017 Survey Results
This report reveals how nearly half of ECE staff experienced work‑related injuries or health issues in a single year. It offers insight into why risks…
Child Numbers and Group Size Survey
The survey examined public and sector reactions to a proposed regulation change allowing early childhood centres to increase their licence size dramatically. Respondents warned that…
Removal of the 100% ECE Qualified Target and Funding
The certificated‑teacher funding survey reveals the benefits - and shows what the sector believes would happen if key funding and wage protections were removed.
Infants and Toddlers in Non‑Parental Education and Care: Insights from the Children’s Commissioner Inquiry
The report offers evidence‑based recommendations to strengthen ECE for infants and toddlers, covering funding settings, flexible provision, child health, ratios and group-size, qualified and skilled…
