Celebrating the outstanding work of early years professionals and services. The 21st Victorian Early Years Awards winners were announced at a ceremony last night, Tuesday 27 October 2026. The 26 ...

The Early Childhood Update e-newsletter is sent to early childhood teachers and workers, but is open to anyone interested in best practice in early years education and evidence-based teaching ...

Preparing for the next 2-year cycle and menu reform. Kindergarten services across Victoria will soon receive their 2027–2028 School Readiness Funding (SRF) allocations and can begin planning how to ...

Access the 2027 kindergarten funding rates and find out about enterprise agreement payments and funding adjustments. Provisional 2027 kindergarten funding rates are now available. The rates include ...

Access 4 new Intentional Teaching (Build) courses on the Early Childhood Hub. We have added 4 new Intentional Teaching (Build) professional learning courses to the Early Childhood Hub. The courses are ...

Explore the new Learning and Development Maps and other updates to the framework. Victoria has updated the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF). The updated framework ...

Learn about new supports for early career and returning early childhood professionals. Are you an early childhood teacher or educator in your first 5 years of practice, or returning to the profession ...

Learn about changes to Victoria’s education laws and what they mean for the early childhood workforce. On 5 August 2026, Victoria amended the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 to legally ...

This page provides advice on managing and publishing content during the caretaker period The caretaker conventions apply in the lead-up to the State election. This period is known as the 'caretaker ...