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Contact your local council to find a registered childminder - Family Information Service, early years education, childcare and family support in your area
How to register as a childminder or nanny: the Ofsted Childcare Register, the Early Years Register, who can register, how to apply.
If you want to be paid to look after children under 8, you might need to…
There are 2 registers - the Early Years Register and the Childcare…
You need to pay an annual registration fee to Ofsted. You’ll also have to…
You can register with Ofsted as a nanny or au pair to look after children…
You must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency to look after…
When you submit your application Ofsted will: do background checks with…
You must continue to meet the registration standards while you’re working…
Information for childminders and providers of childcare on domestic premises wishing to register with a childminder agency.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
You must register on the Ofsted Childcare Register and/or the Early Years Register to set up a childminder agency in England, includes how long it takes, fees and how to apply
Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Eligible new childminders can apply for a start-up grant to recover the cost of registering as a childminder.
Information about childminder agencies (CMAs).
Guidance for childcare providers on when you must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency, when you cannot register, and when you do not have to.
Find out how to register with Ofsted as a childminder, and what you will need to tell us about.
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