NQF Snapshot Q4 2013 is ACECQA's fourth national report on children's education and care services assessed and rated against the National Quality Standard (NQS). It provides analysis and information on the state of the sector, progress of assessment and rating, quality ratings of services and waivers held by services. The data included in this Snapshot has been drawn from the National Quality Agenda IT System (NQA ITS) as at 31 December 2013. When reviewing the quality rating information in the Snapshot, caution should be taken when making comparisons between jurisdictions or making predictions about services yet to be rated. Some jurisdictions have rated only a small number of services and the services rated are not representative of all services. The figures in this Snapshot largely mirror the spread of quality ratings in our previous reports. As at 31 December 2013: there are 14,116 children's services across Australia; 4,508 or 32% of services have received a quality rating; more than half (59%) of all rated services are rated as Meeting or Exceeding NQS; 74,645 supervisor certificates have been issued; 4.9% of services across Australia are operating with waivers. (author abstract)