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You must apply to register with Ofsted if you are the registered person, a registered individual or the nominated individual of a daycare.
Find out more information on how to get tax-free employer supported childcare.
Guidance for childcare providers on when you must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency, when you cannot register, and when you do not have to.
Guidance for applicants and registered providers of childcare on domestic premises.
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
Hundreds of thousands of families set to benefit as working parents of 9-month-olds can now apply for government-funded childcare for first time.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
Apply to work on non-domestic premises for up to half of your time.
Information on childcare for service families within the UK and overseas.
What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply
Find out if you can apply to join the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
You must tell Ofsted about changes to those responsible for a daycare organisation, and for a home where daycare takes place, and also who is living or working there.
If you pay for childcare while you go to work, Universal Credit can pay some of your childcare costs.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing childcare, creche
How to apply for free childcare if you're working.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered out of school club, nursery or other type of daycare on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
First phase of the biggest ever expansion of childcare starts giving working parents of 2-year-olds access to 15 hours a week.
How to register as a childminder or nanny: the Ofsted Childcare Register, the Early Years Register, who can register, how to apply.
Sets out a framework for the payment of childcare costs for supervised individuals.
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