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First phase of the biggest ever expansion of childcare starts giving working parents of 2-year-olds access to 15 hours a week.
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.
Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
Sets out a framework for the payment of childcare costs for supervised individuals.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.
How and when to apply for childcare places and schools.
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.
How to apply and get a code for free childcare for your 2 to 4 year old if you're working.
Includes giving birth, fostering, adopting, benefits for children, childcare and schools
You must apply to Ofsted if you want to take up a governance position in a daycare organisation, or if you start living or working in a home where daycare takes place.
Care to Learn helps pay for childcare while you're studying - how to apply, money you get, courses that qualify, eligibility
Find out how to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare and get a childcare provider account to receive payments from parents using the scheme.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Government publishes new data showing 195,355 children benefitting from government-funded childcare for 2-year-olds in successful April launch.
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