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Factsheet about registering school-based provision of childcare with Ofsted.
Guidance for registered providers and managers on telling Ofsted about changes and how to apply for changes to any conditions of registration.
This document provides an overview of safeguarding to dental teams and reinforces its importance.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential family centres.
Information for providers, parents and carers about what happens when we suspend a childcare provider’s registration.
Sets out who is eligible to apply for the Healthy Start scheme under the extended criteria, and how to apply.
Information about the personal data we collect for children taking part in the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).
Guidance for commissioners and health professionals to make decisions about mental health services and interventions based on data and analysis.
How to confirm a measles diagnosis, manage cases and contacts, control infection, and vaccinate young or partially-covered patients.
Guidance for childminder agencies on registering with Ofsted, including the process, fees and requirements. It sets out the legal background and the extent of our regulatory powers.
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.
From summer 2013, changes to the meningococcal C vaccine schedule will offer better protection to teens and young adults, including those entering university for the first time.
If you are a civil servant considering taking shared parental leave, this guidance will give you a better understanding of the options available to you.
Ofsted’s safeguarding policy and guidance for inspectors on handling safeguarding disclosures.
Information for early years practitioners about stronger practice hubs.
Statutory guidance about providing short breaks for disabled children to improve their welfare and quality of life.
These guidelines on the prevention of secondary cases have been developed following a review of the epidemiology of invasive Hib disease.
Non-statutory guidance for schools, responsible bodies and childcare providers looking to open or expand school-based nursery provision.
How Ofsted regulates applicants and childcare services that are only on the Childcare Register.
Information to help schools support the delivery of the National Child Measurement Programme to measure children's height and weight in reception and year 6.
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