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Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered out of school club, nursery or other type of daycare on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints.
Childcare arrangements for all ages and early years provision for children who are 5 years of age or younger.
What rights children under the scheme have to education, and the role of councils in providing it. Information on childcare options.
Guidance for Ofsted staff on registering childcare providers and childminder agencies.
An explanation of what happens to those judged inadequate on the Early Years Register and those not meeting registration requirements on the Childcare Register.
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
Findings from the January 2018 to August 2018 survey of parents on childcare and early years.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
You must apply to register with Ofsted if you are the registered person, a registered individual or the nominated individual of a daycare.
What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply
Findings from the January 2017 to August 2017 survey of parents on childcare and early years.
Check if you're eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, how to apply and how to pay your childcare provider.
Find out if you're eligible for free childcare for 2 to 4 year olds if you live in England - 2 year olds can get 15 hours per week, 3 to 4 year olds 30 hours.
Guidance for childminders, nannies and other registered childcare providers with examples of what Ofsted considers to be a significant event.
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