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Care to Learn helps pay for childcare while you're studying - how to apply, money you get, courses that qualify, eligibility
Use this form to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards) in cases relating to the registration of a child care provider and children’s homes.
Finding childcare, financial support for childcare and childcare for school-age children
Information to help healthcare professionals make decisions about the planning and provision of services using child and maternal health data and intelligence.
The impact of early education at ages 2 to 7 on child outcomes as part of the study of early education and development (SEED).
Child Benefit if your child dies or the claimant dies - report the death, when to make a new claim, arrears
Research about the current childcare and early education model in England.
Child Benefit for 16 to 19 year olds - when payments stop or continue, approved education or training, extensions.
Check if your council offers free early education and childcare
Child Trust Fund accounts - find a lost account, how to make payments, managing the account
Our plan to transform children's social care.
Research into the impact of early education at ages 2 to 5 on child outcomes at the start of school, and the importance of the early years home environment.
Information for existing and new Universal Credit claimants with more than 2 children.
How local authorities should notify incidents to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
Download a checklist of documents you need to submit as part of a children's social care application.
Apply to register a children’s home, adoption or fostering agency, residential family centre or residential holiday scheme.
You might need to apply to Ofsted and provide them with certain information if you are connected with a children's social care service.
What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
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