Childcare and children's social care health declaration form
Health declaration form for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Introduction
You will need to complete the health declaration form before you register with Ofsted to look after or care for children. This form used to be known as the health declaration booklet.
Please complete this form if:
- you’re applying to register as a childminder on the Early Years Register
- you’re registering as the manager of childcare on domestic premises
- you’re applying to register as a social care establishment, agency or manager
- Ofsted has asked you to complete it because we need more information (for example, if you live with a childminder or if you own a nursery)
Find out more about how to register childcare or children’s social care.
Social care applications
If you are applying to register as a social care establishment, agency or manager from 5 May 2020, you can choose to complete a health self-declaration form in addition to the health declaration form.
This is a temporary measure to allow you to register during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, when it may be more difficult for your GP to complete and return your health declaration form.
You must still complete the health declaration form and send it to your GP.
If you need any help completing the form, please telephone us on 0300 123 1231 or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk.
Completing the health declaration form: early years and social care
All applicants must complete this form.
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Fill in section A, the relevant part of section B and the declaration.
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Contact your GP to fill in section C. GPs may charge a fee for doing this.
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Either scan or photograph the document and send with your unique reference number (URN) to enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk.
Completing the additional social care health self-declaration form
Only applicants for children’s social care may complete this form in addition to the health declaration form during the pandemic, when it may be more difficult for your GP to complete and return your health declaration form.
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Fill in section A, section B and the statement of self-declaration.
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Include this health self-declaration form with your application.
Your information
You can find information on how Ofsted handles personal information in our personal information charter.
This information remains valid for 6 months from the date of your GP’s signature (health declaration form) and/or your signature (health self-declaration form). Please send this to Ofsted without delay.
It is an offence to make a statement that you know is false or misleading as part of a registration application. Please answer this form truthfully. We will not necessarily refuse your registration based on current or previous health problems.
Last updated 5 May 2020 + show all updates
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Added a temporary social care health self-declaration form for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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First published.
