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How local authorities should collect and submit data for the annual children looked after return (also known as SSDA903).
What Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks you need to have in place and how Ofsted will check the use of the DBS checks and certificates on inspection.
Your electronic device will need to meet certain specifications to allow you to work as an Ofsted inspector.
Statutory guidance about providing short breaks for disabled children to improve their welfare and quality of life.
A toolkit to support commissioning of supervised toothbrushing programmes in early years settings and schools.
This guide is for providers and commissioners to help them understand the registration requirements with CQC and Ofsted and when to register with one or both regulatory bodies.
A parent and carer’s guide on the safeguarding arrangements you should expect from activity clubs, tutors and coaches.
What local authorities need to do to place a child under 13 in a secure children’s home, and guidance on when it is appropriate to do so.
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2026 to 2027.
How local authorities and their partners in children's social care can apply to set up a regional care cooperative.
How adoption agencies should handle applications from people wishing to adopt a child from another country.
Flu vaccination guidance and resources for schools.
Guidance for local authorities, health commissioners, parents and young people on the trial to extend powers of the SEND tribunal.
Guidance for local providers of infectious diseases in pregnancy screening.
Local authority funding to support the provision of new early years entitlement and wraparound places.
Find out what reducing parental conflict is and about the work of the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.
This factsheet explains how the ASQ-3 tool will be used to collect data to monitor child development across England.
The role of local authorities and the application of the corporate parenting principles.
Volume 4: statutory guidance on fostering services for looked-after children.
Grant Determination for the Families First Partnership Programme Transformation (Revenue) Grant 2025 to 2026.
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