DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION
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Our performance

Key performance measures
  2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Licensed child care services:  
0-5 year olds1:  
Total services 129 120 952
Services on school sites 28 38 212
5-12 year olds3:  
Total services -4 89 832
Services on school sites -4 67 632
0-12 year olds:  
Total services -4 29 582
Services on school sites -4 4 212
Family day care schemes -4 11 11
Licensed centre-based child care places:  
Long day care 3,222 4,076 4,941
Occasional care 858 919 737
After school care -4 2,937 3,473
Before school care -4 703 1,000
Vacation care -4 2,594 3,114
Total 4,080 11,229 13,265

Licensed centre-based child care places - long day care

Graph of licensed centre-based child care places - long day care

1 Long day care and occasional care centres only.
2 Some services transferred from holding both 0-5 and 5-12 year licences to a single 0-12 years licence.
3 After school, before school and vacation care centres only.
4 These services were licensed for the first time in 2004-05.