Guidance

Become a childcare provider: pre-registration briefing

This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for those wishing to become childcare providers.

• From: Ofsted
• Published: 3 September 2014
• Last updated: 2 April 2026
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  1. 2 April 2026

     Documents updated to reflect the April 2026 change to inspection timescales for providers registered on the Early Years Register.

  2. 24 February 2026

     Updated formatting and content to reflect that the November 2024 childcare provider flexibilities are no longer described as "new".

  3. 20 May 2025

     Updated the content of the files to include information about new childcare flexibilities introduced by the Department for Education. We also focused the content on providers of childcare on domestic and childcare on non-domestic premises only.

  4. 6 October 2017

     Change to slide 23: signing up to the DBS update service is strongly recommended but no longer mandatory.

  5. 2 October 2015

     Updated for use from October 2015.

  6. 3 September 2014

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Pre-registration briefing for those wishing to become childcare providers

MS PowerPoint Presentation, 8.16 MB

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Pre-registration briefing for those wishing to become childcare providers

PDF, 4.53 MB, 47 pages

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Details

Local authorities can use this briefing for people who are interested in becoming childcare providers.

This pre-registration briefing is available in PowerPoint and PDF.