Becoming a children's social care provider

Application checklist, assessment questionnaire. How to register.

Services

Become a children's social care provider: registration fee

Ofsted's registration fees and payment form to apply to become a children’s social care provider.
Register as a children's social care provider: 'fit/suitable person' assessment questionnaires

Forms for assessing your fitness or suitability to be a children's social care provider. There are separate forms for children's homes.
Register as a children's social care provider: checklist

Download a checklist of documents you need to submit as part of a children's social care application.

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Guidance and regulation

Step up to social work
- Detailed guide
- 3 April 2023
- Department for Education
Ofsted services: forgotten your Government Gateway user ID and password
- Detailed guide
- 7 July 2020
- Ofsted
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children’s home or secure children’s home
- Detailed guide
- 26 October 2023
- Ofsted
Accessing Ofsted services with Government Gateway
- Detailed guide
- 7 July 2020
- Ofsted
Apply to be connected with a children's social care service (SC2)
- Detailed guide
- 12 August 2021
- Ofsted

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News and communications

Ofsted replaces Ofsted Online website

8 July 2020News story

Ofsted

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Organisations

Department for Education

Ofsted