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Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment.
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered daycare provider on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
Information about the fees that Ofsted charges to register as a childminder, nanny or other childcare provider.
These guidance documents outline how Ofsted uses artificial intelligence (AI) for its own work and set out how we look at AI during inspection and regulation.
Guidance on the education inspection approach to providers’ and inspectors’ duties under the Equality Act 2010.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Guidance on registering and inspecting school-based early years and childcare provision with Ofsted.
How to register with Ofsted and apply to open, manage, or be associated with a residential family centre.
Apply to work on non-domestic premises for some of the time.
Guidance for inspectors on how to make this decision and the process to follow.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for childminders.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
We publish these summaries when we or the setting need to take action to ensure they are meeting the requirements for registration.
How to register with Ofsted and apply to open, manage, or be associated with an adoption support agency.
Details of the checks we carry out, including health checks and what to do if you have lived abroad in the last 5 years.
Guidance for providers of childcare on domestic and non-domestic premises who want to expand their registered setting into new premises.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects independent fostering agencies.
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