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How to register with Ofsted and apply to open, manage, or be associated with a residential holiday scheme for disabled children.
Annex A form for residential family centres to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
How local authorities can work collaboratively with other agencies to meet their duties on unregistered independent schools and out-of-school settings.
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 2026 to 2027.
A resource focusing on reproductive choice and ensuring that pregnancy, if desired, occurs at the right time and when health is optimised.
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 benefits of using the combined measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine instead of single vaccines for the 3 diseases.
Guidance for health professionals on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).
A guide for social care professionals on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects voluntary adoption agencies.
A guide to help young people living in children’s homes or foster care understand the 'Independent reviewing officers handbook'.
Apply for support from the childminder mentor programme.
Find out about the grant-funded innovative projects element of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme.
Evaluations on the impact of the Reducing Parental Conflict programme.
Guidance for child health information system (CHIS) providers on information requirements, and suppliers on specifications for collecting and reporting data.
Specifications of children in need census reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
A guide to the use, storage and sharing of information about children in care homes.
Advice for social care providers about how they may arrange for Ofsted inspectors to review records held on electronic systems.
Specification on the scope and business rationale of the children’s social work workforce census for 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026.
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