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Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
Statistics from Ofsted on inspections of local area services for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
Guidance on using Ofsted's logos, plus copyright information.
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.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an independent fostering agency.
Find out if you have the qualifications and experience to contract as an Ofsted inspector for childminders, daycares and other childcare providers.
Guide for local authorities and providers on when Ofsted will prioritise applications to register children’s homes services.
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.
Find out how to register with Ofsted as a nanny, and what you will need to tell us about.
Documents relating to Ofsted's inspections of early career framework and national professional qualifications programmes.
You must tell Ofsted about the premises you want to include in your application to register a nursery or other daycare organisation.
Guidance about types of children's social care provider and Ofsted's registration process.
Find out whether you need to tell Ofsted about an accident, injury or illness a child suffers while in your care.
Find out how to register with Ofsted as a nursery or other daycare, and what you will need to tell us about.
Forms and guidance relating to Ofsted's regulation and inspection of childminder agencies.
Official statistics on the inspections and outcomes of maintained schools and academies in England.
What providers need to know about the supported accommodation registration process before applying.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.
Ofsted has 2 handbooks with the legal background to its enforcement and regulatory work and the extent of its powers.
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
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