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The funding available to local authorities since September 2024 to expand wraparound care, and their role in delivering it.
Guidance for employers in early years, schools and colleges on first aid provision.
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.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
How local authorities and early years settings should provide the entitlement for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds.
You will need your Government Gateway user ID in order to use certain Ofsted services.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
Professional development resources for improving teaching and leadership of reception years.
Apply to work on non-domestic premises for some of the time.
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.
How you make an application for recognition of non-UK qualifications to work in an early years setting in England.
Guidance for local authorities on the local authority capacity support funding for school-age childcare.
Guidance on supervising the activities of workers and volunteers with children.
Guidance on registering and inspecting school-based early years and childcare provision with Ofsted.
This explains how to get a Disclosure and Barring Service check if you are aged 16 or over and you live or work in a childcare setting.
Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.
Information for the early years sector on continuing professional development and sources of support and guidance.
Guidance for inspectors on how to decide when to inspect or visit without notice.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for childminders.
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