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Application guidance for regional care co-operatives and end-to-end fostering hubs.
How commissioners should establish, monitor and assure the quality of public health nursing services delivered under the healthy child programme in England.
Reset your password on your Government Gateway account so you can access Ofsted services.
Guidance on the 8 principles of a whole school or college approach to promoting mental health and wellbeing.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
How early years providers can implement the experience-based route for staff who do not hold full and relevant qualifications.
When you can share information about your case, what you can share and what to do if someone else shares information.
How local authorities must meet their duty to ensure children with health needs receive a good education.
What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
How to register with Ofsted and apply to open, manage, or be associated with a supported accommodation service.
How schools can support pupils whose mental health problems manifest themselves in behaviour.
Use this guide to help you write down your child maintenance arrangement with your child's other parent.
Statutory guidance for schools about employing staff who have been disqualified from providing childcare.
How to share concerns about children’s social care services with Ofsted, including whistleblowing, and what we will do with the information.
You must apply to register with Ofsted if you are the registered person, a registered individual or the nominated individual of a daycare.
Information local authorities should include in their agreements with early years providers to deliver free entitlements.
Guidance for local authorities on the national minimum standards for providing fostering services.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a supported accommodation service.
Additional funding for local authorities delivering the government’s free early years entitlements programme.
Information for eligible schools about the school-based nursery (SBN) capital grant for 2025 to 2026.
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