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The Childcare Grant process from the 2019 to 2020 academic year onwards
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Find out what you must do to register as a childcare provider with Ofsted, as well as how you must run certain parts of your service.
These statistics provide information about families using Tax-Free Childcare.
Findings from the 2022 survey of parents on childcare and early years.
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
This guidance is for Ofsted inspectors carrying out inspections of providers that are only registered on either or both parts of the Childcare Register.
Parents on Universal Credit can now receive up to £1,311 more a year in childcare support following a 6.7% boost coming into effect, as the government’s expansion of free childcare for working parents delivers 150,000 places in a week.
Findings from the 2021 survey of parents on childcare and early years.
Find out how you can still register with Ofsted if you provide childcare immediately before or after school for less than 2 hours in a day.
Findings of the 2011 survey from the childcare and early years survey of parents series.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Childcare service.
HMRC carried out 2 surveys to learn how COVID-19 affected demand for Tax-Free Childcare in late 2020 and in 2021.
Apply to work on non-domestic premises for up to half of your time.
How to apply for Tax-Free Childcare.
Findings from the 2010 survey in the childcare and early years survey of parents series.
Childcare Bill 2015 to 2016 supporting documents.
Findings from the January 2019 to August 2019 survey of parents on childcare and early years.
Guidance for Ofsted staff on registering childcare providers and childminder agencies.
The main findings from a follow-up survey with respondents to the 2018 Childcare and early years survey of parents (CEYSP).
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