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You must apply to register with Ofsted if you are the registered person, a registered individual or the nominated individual of a daycare.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.
You must tell Ofsted about changes to those responsible for a daycare organisation, and for a home where daycare takes place, and also who is living or working there.
You must apply to Ofsted if you want to take up a governance position in a daycare organisation, or if you start living or working in a home where daycare takes place.
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 an Ofsted-registered out of school club, nursery or other type of daycare on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
You must apply to Ofsted to move your setting or to include additional premises in the registration of your nursery or other daycare.
Find out how to register with Ofsted as a nursery or other daycare, and what you will need to tell us about.
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.
You must tell Ofsted about the premises you want to include in your application to register a nursery or other daycare organisation.
This brief explains VAT liability of daycare services supplied by private bodies in England and Wales.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
Guidance for applicants and registered providers of childcare on domestic premises.
Complain about a childminder, daycare provider, nanny, nursery or playgroup - complaints process, when to complain to Ofsted or the Department for Education
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
Childcare arrangements for all ages and early years provision for children who are 5 years of age or younger.
Information on childcare for service families within the UK and overseas.
Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.
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