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This guidance explains what providers of children’s homes must do under the law when recruiting and employing staff.
You can use this service to register your interest in contracting as an Ofsted inspector.
Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
This framework and handbook document sets out Ofsted’s inspection principles, guidance and the main judgements that inspectors make when inspecting area SEND.
Nannies registered with Ofsted must follow these requirements.
A glossary of terms used across Ofsted’s education inspection information and guidance.
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.
This guidance is for Ofsted inspectors carrying out inspections of providers that are only registered on either or both parts of the Childcare Register.
Application guidance for childminders who provide care solely from somewhere other than a home.
During full Ofsted school inspections, staff and pupils can give their views via an online survey. This page provides the questions for reference only.
Download and complete the direct debit form to pay your Ofsted annual registration fee.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an independent fostering agency.
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered daycare provider on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
How Ofsted regulates childcare and what parents should do if they have concerns about their provider.
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment.
Information about the fees that Ofsted charges to register as a childminder, nanny or other childcare provider.
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