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Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
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.
How educational and childcare settings should plan for and deal with emergencies, including significant public health incidents and severe weather.
This guidance is for Ofsted inspectors carrying out inspections of providers that are only registered on either or both parts of the Childcare Register.
Local authority funding to support the provision of new early years entitlement and wraparound places.
Application guidance for childminders who provide care solely from somewhere other than a home.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate childcare providers explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
You will need your Government Gateway user ID in order to use certain Ofsted services.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Best-practice standards for early years teachers.
Find out if you have the qualifications and experience to contract as an Ofsted inspector for childminders, day care and other childcare providers.
How you make an application for recognition of non-UK qualifications to work in an early years setting in England.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
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.
Role description and qualification specification for early years special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs).
Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.
What schools, registered early years providers and childminders need to know about delivering the early years foundation stage (EYFS), and Ofsted inspections under the education inspection framework (EIF).
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