15000
5000
Children
Preschools (including mobiles):
92 Families
/ *3,007 Members
KU Managed Services: 16 / *862
Community Based Long Day Care: 22 / *1,025
Out of School Hours: 2 / *125
Vacation Care: 2 / *172
Occasional Care: 3 / *95
Family Programs: 7 / *541
AMEP: 9 / *592
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Staff (FTE)
Total: 153 / *6,419
10000
Service Type: Services / *Licenced and other places
10000
15000
5000
KU Service Summary
20000
Chief Executive Officer
0
Children
Families
Members
20000
1,157
KU Family Profile
Chairman, Board of Directors
Christine Legg
The year was saddened by the sudden death of
KU’s Manager Child Wellbeing, Kerry Burke and two
David Bryant
Both the NSW and Victorian Governments undertook
funding reviews for early childhood education. After
many years of lobbying for improved funding for
preschools in NSW, KU welcomed these reviews as
affordability of preschool services in NSW remains one
of the major barriers to preschool education for many
families. KU submitted written responses to both these
reviews and we look forward to the outcomes in 2012.
At the very heart of KU is our staff - in our early childhood
centres, in our support and inclusion programs and in Central
Office. The KU Board and Management would like to thank
them for their contribution to KU and their continued
commitment and passion towards providing early childhood
education to young children and their families.
Regrettably, due to changing demographics, lack
of sustainable funding models and low utilisation,
KU Playstation Occasional Care, KU Macarthur Occasional
Care and KU Lethbridge Park Preschool closed during 2011.
Much of the Board’s work continued to focus on ensuring
a sustainable financial future for KU, whilst maintaining our
strong commitment to the delivery of high quality early
childhood education. As a result of this focus, changes were
made to our fee payment system; budgeting processes;
Central Office staffing was reduced; the permanent relief
staff team was restructured and the management of
workers compensation was improved. KU’s financial result
for 2011 was a total reported surplus of $2,055,973.
Through the Preschool Growth Program, KU was successful in
gaining capital funding to expand KU Merewether Preschool
and KU Peninsula Preschool. KU also received $300,000
funding towards the relocation and construction of a new
larger building for KU Koala Preschool in Wagga Wagga,
which is due to open in 2012.
former KU Executive staff, Meredith Griggs CEO and Jan
Fitzgerald, Office Manager.
14,254
based preschool in Victoria operating under the Cluster
Management Model. Our AMEP services expanded to
include KU Hurstville AMEP Child Care Centre and KU AMEP
Bankstown Child Care Centre which opened in July 2011.
Staff (FTE)
116th Annual Report 2011
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