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Infographics explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for women in pregnancy and after giving birth.
How local authorities should extend the virtual school head role to champion and promote the education of children with a social worker and children in kinship care.
Statutory and operational guidance for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities as child death review partners.
How adoption agencies should handle applications from people wishing to adopt a child from another country.
Statutory guidance for local authorities and adoption agencies.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on the assessment and approval process of foster carers for looked-after children.
Guidance for local areas to embed working together to safeguard children and the children’s social care national framework in practice.
A list of solicitors accredited to deal with cases where a child is taken abroad without a parent's permission.
A toolkit to support commissioning of supervised toothbrushing programmes in early years settings and schools.
Explore the impact of parental conflict on children and young people.
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).
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17.
This guidance is for Ofsted inspectors carrying out inspections of providers that are only registered on either or both parts of the Childcare Register.
Resources to support blind cord safety and raise awareness.
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.
Nursing and other qualifications that cannot be counted in the early years foundation stage (EYFS) staff:child ratios.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for childminders.
Factsheet about registering school-based provision of childcare with Ofsted.
This guidance outlines 'staying put' arrangements that enable care leavers to remain with their former foster carers after they turn 18.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate children's social care establishments and agencies explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
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