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A report from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK on the amount and type of physical activity people should be doing to improve their health.
Additional funding for local authorities delivering the government’s free early years entitlements programme.
Meningococcal immunisation information for public health professionals.
Information local authorities should include in their agreements with early years providers to deliver free entitlements.
Guidance on the checks needed for workers and volunteers engaging in regulated activity with children.
Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.
How your child's living arrangements affect child maintenance payments, and when to report a change to the Child Maintenance Service.
The professional standard for child and family social workers supporting vulnerable children and families.
Guidance for local authorities on the national minimum standards for providing fostering services.
Guidance to help those who work in early years settings consider their practice and to take steps to safeguard both children and adults online.
Reset your password on your Government Gateway account so you can access Ofsted services.
How parents and carers can apply to the Music and Dance Scheme for funding to support a child or young person with a place at a specialist school or centre for advanced training.
How early years providers can implement the experience-based route for staff who do not hold full and relevant qualifications.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a daycare organisation for children.
Guidance for schools in England on using emergency inhalers.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate childcare providers explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
The principles underlying the programme and the expectations that public health nursing teams are expected to meet when delivering services in England.
A guide for early years settings on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.
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