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Find out if a person’s qualifications allow them to work in an early years setting, and if you can include them in staff:child ratios.
How to get a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if you want to look after children for a living: who needs a check, what it costs and how long it takes.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered daycare provider on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
This guidance is for Ofsted inspectors carrying out inspections of providers that are only registered on either or both parts of the Childcare Register.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
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.
Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
How to register as a childminder or nanny: the Ofsted Childcare Register, the Early Years Register, who can register, how to apply.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Nannies registered with Ofsted must follow these requirements.
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.
An explanation of what happens to those judged inadequate on the Early Years Register and those not meeting registration requirements on the Childcare Register.
Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.
Find out if you must apply to join the compulsory part of the Childcare Register instead of one of the other types of childcare provider.
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
This explains how to get the check you need to have if you are aged 16 or over and you live or work in a childminder's home.
Find out if you can apply to join the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Find out if you have the qualifications and experience to contract as an Ofsted inspector for childminders, daycares and other childcare providers.
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.
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