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Ofsted's policy on how we regulate childcare providers explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Application guidance for childminders who provide care solely from somewhere other than a home.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered out of school club, nursery or other type of daycare on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
Find out if you have the qualifications and experience to contract as an Ofsted inspector for childminders, day care and other childcare providers.
This guidance is for Ofsted inspectors carrying out inspections of providers that are only registered on either or both parts of the Childcare Register.
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
You will need your Government Gateway user ID in order to use certain Ofsted services.
You must apply to Ofsted to move your setting or to include additional premises in the registration of your nursery or other daycare.
Find out what you’ll need and what you must do before you sign up to Tax-Free Childcare to get a payment provider account.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for childminders.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Guidance for employers in early years, schools and colleges on first aid provision.
The funding available to local authorities since September 2024 to expand wraparound care, and their role in delivering it.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
Best-practice standards for early years teachers.
Guidance on registering and inspecting school-based early years and childcare provision with Ofsted.
Guidance for providers of childcare on domestic and non-domestic premises who want to expand their registered setting into new premises.
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