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If you're a parent registered for Tax-Free Childcare or free childcare if you're working, sign in to pay into your account, reconfirm your eligibility, update your details.
You must apply to register with Ofsted if you are the registered person, a registered individual or the nominated individual of a daycare.
Information on childcare for service families within the UK and overseas.
Complain about a childminder, daycare provider, nanny, nursery or playgroup - complaints process, when to complain to Ofsted or the Department for Education
Guidance for childminders, nannies and other registered childcare providers with examples of what Ofsted considers to be a significant event.
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.
Sets out a framework for the payment of childcare costs for supervised individuals.
Help with the cost of paying for approved childcare - Tax-Free Childcare, 15 and 30 hours childcare, childcare vouchers, tax credits, Learner Support.
Finding childcare, financial support for childcare and childcare for school-age children
Find out when you'll be inspected by Ofsted, how to prepare, how you'll be inspected and how you'll be graded
How to register as a childminder or nanny: the Ofsted Childcare Register, the Early Years Register, who can register, how to apply.
Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.
Care to Learn helps pay for childcare while you're studying - how to apply, money you get, courses that qualify, eligibility
What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply
Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.
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.
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