Program Health Score
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Rate your program honestly
For each statement, rate how true it is of your program right now — not how you’d like it to be, or how it was at its best.
1 Almost never true / strongly disagree
2 Rarely true
3 Sometimes true
4 Usually true
5 Almost always true / strongly agree
1. Leadership and Governance
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Q1
Our program has a clear strategic direction that leadership and staff understand and can describe.
Q2
Decision-making authority is clearly defined — staff know who decides what, and at what level.
Q3
Our policies and procedures are current, accessible, and actually used to guide practice.
Q4
Governance structures provide meaningful oversight without micromanaging operations.
Q5
When things go wrong, our program has clear accountability processes that are followed consistently.
2. Curriculum and Pedagogy
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Q6
Our program operates from a documented curriculum framework that actively shapes daily practice — not just a document on a shelf.
Q7
Observation and documentation practices reflect genuine curiosity about children’s learning rather than compliance requirements.
Q8
Program planning is responsive to children’s interests, questions, and emerging ideas rather than pre-determined themes.
Q9
Our approach to play — including risky, messy, and child-directed play — is intentional, defensible, and consistently supported across the team.
Q10
Our curriculum reflects the cultural contexts, languages, and ways of knowing of the children and families we serve.
3. Learning Environment
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Q11
Our indoor environments are designed to provoke curiosity, support agency, and invite extended engagement — not just to manage behaviour.
Q12
Children have meaningful access to outdoor environments that include natural elements, open-ended materials, and genuine opportunities for risk and challenge.
Q13
Our environments are regularly refreshed and intentionally designed in response to what we observe children doing and wondering.
Q14
Materials in our program are open-ended, high-quality, and reflect the cultural and natural world of our community.
Q15
Children with varying abilities and needs can access and participate fully in the environments we have created.
4. Staff Culture and Development
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Q16
Staff in our program feel genuinely valued — not just as workers, but as professionals and people.
Q17
Professional learning in our program is ongoing, relevant, and connected to what staff are actually experiencing in practice.
Q18
There is a culture of honest, constructive reflection in our team — people can name what isn’t working without fear.
Q19
Staff have adequate time and support to do their jobs well, engage in planning, and sustain themselves over time.
Q20
Our program develops leadership capacity in its people — staff can see pathways for growth and are supported toward them.
5. Family and Community Engagement
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Q21
Families in our program feel genuinely informed about their child’s experience — not just administratively updated.
Q22
Family voice shapes our program in meaningful ways — not just through surveys, but through ongoing relationship and dialogue.
Q23
Our program has authentic connections to the broader community — not just partnerships on paper, but relationships that influence what we do.
Q24
Families from all cultural backgrounds feel that our program reflects and respects their values, languages, and ways of raising children.
Q25
When families have concerns, they feel safe to raise them and confident they will be heard and responded to.
6. Operational Systems
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Q26
Our onboarding system genuinely prepares new staff to operate effectively — it builds understanding, not just compliance.
Q27
Our administrative and documentation systems support the work rather than consuming it — staff time on paperwork is proportionate.
Q28
Our program is financially sustainable and leadership has clear visibility into the financial health of the organisation.
Q29
We are consistently prepared for licensing, accreditation, or compliance review — not scrambling when it arrives.
Q30
Our technology and information systems are fit for purpose and staff are confident using them.
Your Program Health Score
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Complete all 30 questions to see your full results and section breakdown.
Foundational — Significant Gaps Requiring Attention
Your program has meaningful structural gaps across multiple dimensions. This doesn’t mean the program isn’t doing good work — many programs at this stage have dedicated practitioners and genuine commitment. What it means is that the infrastructure underneath that work is uneven, and some areas need attention before they compound. The section breakdown below shows you where to start.
Developing — Functional but Fragile in Some Areas
Your program is functional and has real strengths. It is also fragile in specific dimensions — areas that are working well enough under normal conditions but would struggle under pressure. The section breakdown will show you clearly where the fragility is concentrated.
Established — Solid Foundation with Targeted Gaps
You have built a genuinely solid program. Most dimensions are functioning well and the gaps that remain are identifiable and addressable. This is a good position to be in — you have the stability to improve deliberately rather than reactively.
High Performing — Genuine Program Strength
You are running a high-performing program. Across all six dimensions, the conditions for quality practice, staff wellbeing, and family trust are in place and functioning. The work at this level is sustainability — ensuring these conditions are embedded deeply enough to survive the transitions and pressures every program eventually faces.