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Guidance for childcare providers on when you must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency, when you cannot register, and when you do not have to.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a daycare organisation for children.
How to sign in and update your account details and nominate a delegate.
Statutory guidance on the principles behind children’s social care, its purpose, factors enabling good practice and what it should achieve.
This service specification is for local authorities commissioning health visitors and school nurses, for public health services for children aged 0 to 19.
Eligible new childminders can apply for a start-up grant to recover the cost of registering as a childminder.
Find out about the 2 maternity benefits available under the social security scheme: Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance.
Guidance to help practitioners identify the signs of child abuse and neglect and understand what action to take.
Guidance on the 8 principles of a whole school or college approach to promoting mental health and wellbeing.
Information for childminders and providers of childcare on domestic premises wishing to register with a childminder agency.
How early years providers can implement the experience-based route for staff who do not hold full and relevant qualifications.
Reset your password on your Government Gateway account so you can access Ofsted services.
How local authorities must meet their duty to ensure children with health needs receive a good education.
Guide for local authorities and schools submitting early years foundation stage profile data for 2025.
Tool with evidence, guidance, information and resources to support local implementation of the healthy child programme.
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
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).
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
Find out how misconduct in the teaching profession is regulated, investigated and managed.
Information local authorities should include in their agreements with early years providers to deliver free entitlements.
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