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Work out your eligible weekly childcare costs, when to report a change in costs
What rights children under the scheme have to education, and the role of councils in providing it. Information on childcare options.
Find out how you can still register with Ofsted if you provide childcare immediately before or after school for less than 2 hours in a day.
Find out how to sign up to Tax-Free Childcare and get a childcare provider account to receive payments from parents using the scheme.
Complain about a childminder, daycare provider, nanny, nursery or playgroup - complaints process, when to complain to Ofsted or the Department for Education
Care to Learn helps pay for childcare while you're studying - how to apply, money you get, courses that qualify, eligibility
Findings from the 2022 survey of parents on childcare and early years.
Apply to work on non-domestic premises for up to half of your time.
Guidance for Ofsted staff on registering childcare providers and childminder agencies.
Findings from the 2010 survey in the childcare and early years survey of parents series.
Findings from the January 2019 to August 2019 survey of parents on childcare and early years.
Find out what you must do to register as a childcare provider with Ofsted, as well as how you must run certain parts of your service.
The Childcare Grant process from the 2019 to 2020 academic year onwards
Find out what support is available to help with the cost of living: income and disability benefits, bills and allowances, childcare, housing and travel.
Findings from the November 2012 to June 2013 survey in the childcare and early years survey of parents series.
Findings from a field experiment to understand the impact of free childcare on the mother’s business development and labour supply
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Working families can save up to £2,000 a year on their childcare bills with Tax-Free Childcare.
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