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Departmental advice for those working with children in certain types of performance or activity in England.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) of the multi-agency response to children and their families who need help in a local authority area in England.
Volume 4: statutory guidance on fostering services for looked-after children.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects boarding schools and residential special schools.
Guidance for commissioners and health professionals to make decisions about mental health services and interventions based on data and analysis.
This explains how to get a Disclosure and Barring Service check if you are aged 16 or over and you live or work in a childcare setting.
Information about the SFPC programme to help safely reduce the number of children entering care.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects independent fostering agencies.
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2025 to 2026.
How to help different groups respond to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) consultation.
Leaflet for parents explaining what happens when vaccines have inadvertently been stored outside of the recommended storage temperature range.
How virtual school heads should manage the school-age pupil premium and the early years pupil premium for looked-after children.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a JTAI of the multi-agency response to the identification of initial need and risk (often referred to as the ‘front door’).
The role of local authorities and the application of the corporate parenting principles.
Operational guidance for local authorities on the data collection and price caps rules on the use of agency child and family social workers.
Career planning information and tools for those interested in working in the early years education sector.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for those wishing to become childcare providers.
List of early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers.
Ofsted guides for parents about different types of early years settings and how they are inspected.
A guide for inspectors about physical intervention and restrictions of liberty.
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