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Search for Ofsted inspection reports for childminders and childcare providers, schools, colleges, further education providers, children and families services
How to register as a childminder or nanny: the Ofsted Childcare Register, the Early Years Register, who can register, how to apply
If you want to be paid to look after children under 8, you might need to…
There are 2 registers - the Early Years Register and the Childcare…
You need to pay an annual registration fee to Ofsted. You’ll also have to…
You can register with Ofsted as a nanny or au pair to look after children…
You must register with Ofsted to look after children in your home. If…
When you submit your application Ofsted will: do background checks with…
You must continue to meet the registration standards while you’re working…
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
There are different ways to complain in England depending on whether your…
State schools include: maintained schools academies and free schools…
Contact your local council or call your local police on 101 if you think a…
If you want to complain about a school’s SEN support, you should do it…
Follow the school’s complaints process if a school has discriminated…
Get extra funding for your early years childcare provider so they can provide better care for your child - early years pupil premium, disability access fund
Childminders and other childcare providers should tell Ofsted about changes to childminding assistants, household members or certain people in organisations.
Forms for assessing your fitness to be a children's social care provider. There are separate forms for children's homes.
Find out when you'll be inspected by Ofsted, how to prepare, how you'll be inspected and how you'll be graded
Ofsted's registration fees and payment form to apply to become a children’s social care provider.
Complain about a childminder, daycare provider, nanny, nursery or playgroup - complaints process, when to complain to Ofsted or the Department for Education
Download a checklist of documents you need to submit as part of a children's social care application.
You must register on the Ofsted Childcare Register and/or the Early Years Register to set up a childminder agency in England, includes how long it takes, fees and how to apply
Forms and guidance for childminders and providers of childcare on non-domestic premises.
Guidance and a suggested template for local authorities and independent fostering agencies to use when sending fostering data to Ofsted.
You can complain about an Ofsted inspection report if you think there was a problem - the inspection process, how the inspection was conducted, the outcome of the inspection
Form for childcare services that do not have to register with Ofsted because they only provide care for up to 14 days a year.
Application form to provide childcare on non-domestic premises for up to 50% of the time.
Children's social care establishments or agencies can apply to Ofsted to remove or vary their conditions of registration.
Form for applying to Ofsted for a decision to waive disqualification.
Annex A for assurance visits to boarding schools and residential special schools from September 2020.
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