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Find out how you can still register with Ofsted if you provide childcare immediately before or after school for less than 2 hours in a day.
How and when to apply for childcare places and schools.
Getting a day care licence for running a children's nursery in Wales
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.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
Guidance for applicants and registered providers of childcare on domestic premises.
The application process for nurseries, playgroups, before- and after-school clubs and other daycare. This includes fees, who should apply and making changes once you're registered.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.
Advice to help nurseries and early years providers understand how consumer law applies to arrangements they make with parents during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Find out if you can apply to join the voluntary part of 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.
Finding childcare, financial support for childcare and childcare for school-age children
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
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