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皇冠体育app standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.
Statutory guidance on multi-agency working to help, support and protect children.
If you pay for childcare while you go to work, Universal Credit can pay some of your childcare costs.
皇冠体育app Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah鈥檚 Law, lets those who care for young people find out if a person has a record for child sexual offences.
Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage.
How education settings should prepare for and respond to terrorism and other major incidents.
UK qualifications that meet the Department for Education (DfE) criteria for counting in the early years foundation stage statutory framework staff:child ratios.
Sign in, manage and use your online account to receive payments from parents.
Helping early years providers offer healthy, balanced and nutritious food.
Applications for the 2026 Step Up to Social Work programme are now closed.
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.
Ask HMRC to review your Tax-Free Childcare or free childcare for working parents application if you disagree with a decision that you are not eligible.
This framework sets out Ofsted's inspection principles and the main judgements that inspectors make.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children鈥檚 home or secure children鈥檚 home.
One-page summary for health professionals and immunisation practitioners giving vaccinations.
Information for existing and new Universal Credit claimants with more than 2 children.
You might need to create a new Government Gateway account if you have forgotten both your user ID and password.
How managers can check an early years qualification is approved by DfE and see if the holder can count in staff:child ratios in an early years setting in England.
Guidance for those providing residential children鈥檚 homes for vulnerable children.
Guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
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