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If you provide childminding or day care services in Wales then you must be registered with Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW)
You must register with your local Health and Social Care Trust (HSCT) if you want to become a childminder or provide day care services in Northern Ireland
Eligible new childminders can apply for a start-up grant to recover the cost of registering as a childminder.
Places boosted even further with new measures to support childminders, and funding rates confirmed for all childcare providers ahead of historic rollout.
Find out how to register with Ofsted as a childminder, and what you will need to tell us about.
Guidance for childminder agencies on registering with Ofsted, including the process, fees and requirements. It sets out the legal background and the extent of our regulatory powers.
Forms and guidance relating to Ofsted's regulation and inspection of childminder agencies.
Apply for support from the childminder mentor programme.
You must tell Ofsted when anyone aged 16 or over stops living or working in the home where you look after children.
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