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Guidance for local authorities on the local offer for care leavers.
How adoption agencies should handle applications from people wishing to adopt a child from another country.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a residential family centre.
Contact details of the people in child death overview panels (CDOPs) who are responsible for receiving child death notifications.
A major initiative to ensure pregnant and breastfeeding women can make informed decisions about their healthcare
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects secure children's homes.
UK Chief Medical Officers’ (CMO) commentary on ‘Screen-based activities and children and young people’s mental health and psychosocial wellbeing: a systematic map of reviews'.
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Guidance for anyone wanting to register and operate as a childminder agency.
Guidance for local providers of infectious diseases in pregnancy screening.
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2024 to 2025.
Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2025 to 2026.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects adoption support agencies.
Find out what reducing parental conflict is and about the work of the Reducing Parental Conflict Programme.
Specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the 2025 to 2026 children in need census.
Find, download and explore official Department for Education (DfE) statistics and data in England.
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2026 to 2027.
Grant Determination for the Families First Partnership Programme Transformation (Revenue) Grant 2025 to 2026.
How to help different groups respond to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) consultation.
Departmental advice containing the national minimum standards applicable to adoption agencies and adoption support agencies.
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