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You might need to apply to Ofsted and provide them with certain information if you are connected with a children's social care service.
Find out how to register with Ofsted as a nursery or other daycare, and what you will need to tell us about.
This guide gives a summary of what schools should expect and what they need to do as part of an Ofsted inspection.
Guidance for childminders, nannies, nurseries and people providing other childcare on when/if you need to register with Ofsted, the process, fees and requirements.
A series of reviews by Ofsted looking at the research evidence currently available about different curriculum subjects.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects children's homes.
Ofsted-registered childminders, nannies, nurseries and other daycare must use this service to report significant events affecting their childcare within 14 days.
Apply to register a children’s home, adoption or fostering agency, residential family centre or residential holiday scheme.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
How Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will conduct thematic visits to local areas to look at preparation for adulthood arrangements.
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. We also inspect and regulate services that care for children and y…
How Ofsted inspects childcare and early years, including the education inspection framework, deferring inspections and safeguarding.
Guidance for childminders, nannies and other registered childcare providers with examples of what Ofsted considers to be a significant event.
You must tell Ofsted about new people aged 16 or over who live or work in the home you look after children in within 14 days. This includes children who turn 16.
The requirements you need to follow if you register with Ofsted to look after children.
Ofsted's education inspection framework (EIF) applies to maintained schools and academies, non-association independent schools, early years settings, further education and skills providers, prisons and young offender in…
What schools, registered early years providers and childminders need to know about delivering the early years foundation stage (EYFS), and Ofsted inspections under the education inspection framework (EIF).
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.
Apply to register a supported accommodation service.
All handbooks and frameworks for the remits that Ofsted inspects and/or regulates.
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