Becoming a children's social care provider

Application checklist, assessment questionnaire. How to register.

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Services

• Register as a children's social care provider: 'fit/suitable person' assessment questionnaires

  Forms for assessing your fitness or suitability to be a children's social care provider. There are separate forms for children's homes.

• Become a children's social care provider: registration fee

  Ofsted's registration fees and payment form to apply to become a children’s social care provider.

• Register as a children's social care provider: checklist

  Download a checklist of documents you need to submit as part of a children's social care application.

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Guidance and regulation

• Step up to social work
  • Detailed guide
  • 17 February 2025
  • Department for Education
• Ofsted services: forgotten your Government Gateway user ID and password
  • Detailed guide
  • 7 July 2020
  • Ofsted
• Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children’s home or secure children’s home
  • Detailed guide
  • 26 October 2023
  • Ofsted
• Apply to be connected with a children's social care service (SC2)
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 August 2021
  • Ofsted
• Accessing Ofsted services with Government Gateway
  • Detailed guide
  • 7 July 2020
  • Ofsted

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News and communications

Ofsted replaces Ofsted Online website

8 July 2020 — News story

Ofsted

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Organisations

• Department for Education

• Ofsted