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Check what help you might be able to get with childcare schemes like tax credits, Tax-Free Childcare, childcare vouchers and free childcare or education for 2 to 4-year-olds.
Find out if you can apply to join the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
Check if you're eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, how to apply and how to pay your childcare provider.
Find out how to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare and get a childcare provider account to receive payments from parents using the scheme.
Places boosted even further with new measures to support childminders, and funding rates confirmed for all childcare providers ahead of historic rollout.
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 childcare providers on when you must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency, when you cannot register, and when you do not have to.
A research report and data tables summarising mixed methodology research into the impact of Tax-Free Childcare on parental labour market participation.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered daycare provider on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Guidance for applicants and registered providers of childcare on domestic premises.
First phase of the biggest ever expansion of childcare starts giving working parents of 2-year-olds access to 15 hours a week.
Information for early years providers, childminders and nurseries including guidance on the early years foundation stage (EYFS), funding and training.
Working families can save up to £2,000 a year on their childcare bills with Tax-Free Childcare.
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.
Work out your eligible weekly childcare costs, when to report a change in costs
Working families can save up to £2,000 a year per child on their childcare bills with Tax-Free Childcare.
Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.
Sign in and use your childcare provider account if you’ve signed up to receive Tax-Free Childcare payments from parents.
If you're a parent registered for Tax-Free Childcare or free childcare if you're working, sign in to pay into your account, reconfirm your eligibility, update your details.
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