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Commissioning Support Programme paper introducing the essential characteristics of good commissioning in children’s services.
How Ofsted regulates applicants and childcare services that are only on the Childcare Register.
Guidance for restaurants on providing healthier children's menu's
GP practices can use this template to invite parents and guardians to get their child vaccinated at the local surgery.
Information pack for young people in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) turning 18.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) of the multi-agency response to serious youth violence in a local authority area in England.
Specifications of children in need census reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.
Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2025 to 2026.
Specification on the scope and business rationale of the children’s social work workforce census for 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026.
Training for professionals working with children, young people and families to help them understand, recognise and respond to child poverty.
Guide for planning training courses on recognising and responding to child neglect.
A resource to help local commissioners provide cost-effective interventions for children aged up to 5 and pregnant women.
Flyer and poster on protection against German measles.
Practice examples illustrate how local authorities (LAs) are running the national child measurement programme (NCMP).
Presentations and notes for training multi-agency groups on identifying and preventing child neglect.
Leaflet to encourage women thinking about getting pregnant to get vaccinated against German measles.
The letter of notice and form to complete (RAA A1) for thematic regional adoption agency phase 1 inspection.
Guidance and methodology for phase 1 of Ofsted's thematic inspection of a sample of regional adoption agencies (RAAs).
For inspection from 1 April 2018. The letter of notice and form to complete (Annex A) for voluntary adoption agency inspections.
Statutory guidance for professionals supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in residential settings.
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