The Premier recently announced that the Government will be giving consideration to free kindy for all Queensland children of eligible age (i.e. children in the year before formal schooling commences).

The Premier acknowledged the 40,000 families in Queensland already accessing kindy for free or at reduced cost but announced the Queensland Government wants to close the gap and have more children experience crucial play-based learning before entering primary school.

The Premier also pointed to the proposal as an opportunity to provide cost of living relief to families and spoke to reports from prep teachers that there is a big gap between those children who have attended kindergarten programs and those who have not and pointed out that the Government estimates that about 8,000 Kindergarten age children across the state are still not enrolled at all.

The Department of Education will develop proposals for consideration by Government and is undertaking public consultation via a survey to find out how free kindy for every child could help families.

Please consider participating in this Survey - more information can be found in the flyer below.