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You must apply to Ofsted to move your setting or to include additional premises in the registration of your nursery or other daycare.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Download and complete the direct debit form to pay your Ofsted annual registration fee.
Guidance for the 75 pre-selected local authorities on the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.
You must tell Ofsted about the premises you want to include in your application to register a nursery or other daycare organisation.
A guide on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).
Annex A form for children's homes and secure children's homes to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
Statutory guidance for local authorities to support looked-after and previously looked-after children's aspirations to achieve in further and higher education.
Application guidance for childminders who provide care solely from somewhere other than a home.
Statutory guidance for local-authority-maintained schools carrying out duties for looked-after and previously looked-after children.
Guidance to help those who work in early years settings consider their practice and to take steps to safeguard both children and adults online.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Child Benefit online service.
Find out if you have the qualifications and experience to contract as an Ofsted inspector for childminders, day care and other childcare providers.
Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
Statutory guidance on the planning, commissioning and delivery of health services for looked-after children.
You can use this service to register your interest in contracting as an Ofsted inspector.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an independent fostering agency.
How the Family Nurse Partnership supports first-time young mothers and families in England, why it works, where it is delivered and how to commission it.
How local authorities should report incidents to the Department for Education, Ofsted and Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
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