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The standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.
Sign in, manage and use your online account to receive payments from parents.
If you pay for childcare while you go to work, Universal Credit can pay some of your childcare costs.
Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage.
Guidance for inspectors and providers on inspecting registered early years settings in England under the renewed education inspection framework.
Find out how to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare and get a childcare provider account to receive payments from parents using Tax-Free Childcare.
This framework sets out Ofsted's inspection principles and the grades that inspectors give.
How to sign in and update your account details and nominate a delegate.
How managers and practitioners can check if an early years qualification is approved as full and relevant by DfE for working in staff:child ratios in England.
UK qualifications that meet Department for Education (DfE) criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage statutory framework staff:child ratios.
You might need to create a new Government Gateway account if you have forgotten both your user ID and password.
How to get a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if you want to look after children for a living: who needs a check, what it costs and how long it takes.
Helping early years providers offer healthy, balanced and nutritious food.
Find out what information you will need to create and use a Government Gateway account so that you can use Ofsted's services.
You must apply to Ofsted if you want to take up a governance position in a daycare organisation, or if you start living or working in a home where daycare takes place.
Ofsted-registered childminders, nannies, nurseries and other daycare must use this service to report significant events affecting their childcare as soon as possible but always within 14 days.
Guidance to provide support for early years practitioners when completing the early years foundation stage (EYFS) progress check at age 2.
If you are a childminder, you must tell Ofsted within 14 days about new people aged 16 or over who live or work in the home where you look after children. This includes children who turn 16. If you are a childminder without …
Find local education and childcare information for areas across England.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
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