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Guidance for providers on registering a children’s home with Ofsted when the care and accommodation is provided in more than one building.
Information on the 14 local authorities who have been selected as trailblazers for the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme.
Legacy resources to support button battery safety and raise awareness produced for a product safety campaign during 2021.
A summary of what attending a review panel is like and the documents that you can submit to the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM).
Criteria and advice for accredited early years initial teacher training providers offering the assessment only route to EYTS.
Guidance on child protection cases and care orders where the child has links to a foreign country.
Evidence and guidance on childhood obesity, to help families and communities intervene and help change eating and activity habits.
Guidance for childminder agencies about the main activities carried out by inspectors. It also sets out the judgements that inspectors will make.
Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2025 to 2026.
Information on indicators of local authority early education services, and ways to compare an individual local authority to other local authorities.
Evidence and guidance to help healthcare professionals provide early intervention for children and reduce long term health and social costs.
Guidance for providers, social workers and placement commissioners on placing children, subject to a deprivation of liberty order (DoL), in unregistered settings.
Find out about the grant-funded innovative projects element of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme.
Read about Reducing Parental Conflict activity in local areas to support families in conflict.
Guidance for local authorities about extending Personal Adviser (PA) support to age 25.
Resource to help improve early years services from pregnancy to age 2.
How a prospective or registered childcare provider can appeal if Ofsted plans to take steps that will affect their registration.
Infographic for children and young people summarising UK government actions to protect children’s rights.
What you need to know about registering with Ofsted if you want to open or manage an independent fostering agency.
This leaflet answers your questions on the vaccine that protects babies against rotavirus infection.
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