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You must tell Ofsted about changes to certain people in your organisation or to your premises.
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.
What providers need to know about the supported accommodation registration process before applying.
This guidance explains what providers of children’s homes must do under the law when recruiting and employing staff.
Apply to register a supported accommodation service.
You must tell Ofsted about the premises you want to include in your application to register a nursery or other daycare organisation.
Gives relevant professionals and the police an understanding of the female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting duty.
Information for local authorities that will receive funding to support disadvantaged children during the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.
You must tell Ofsted about changes to those responsible for a daycare organisation, and for a home where daycare takes place, and also who is living or working there.
Post-qualifying assessment and accreditation criteria for social workers supporting vulnerable children and families.
You will need to follow a specific procedure if you want to contract as an Ofsted inspector.
Apply to connect people to a supported accommodation service.
Process for assessing, deciding and agreeing continuing care for children with complex health needs.
A guide for early years settings on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.
Statutory guidance for schools about employing staff who have been disqualified from providing childcare.
Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.
Details of immunisations for children between 2 and 5 years, before they start school.
Guide to the regulations on providing supported accommodation for children and young people. It includes the quality standards that all supported accommodation providers must meet.
How to share concerns about children’s social care services with Ofsted, including whistleblowing, and what we will do with the information.
Statutory guidance for local authorities to support looked-after and previously looked-after children's aspirations to achieve in further and higher education.
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