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Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 August 2022.
Explains the role of local authorities and the funding they'll get to expand the availability of wraparound care in their areas from September 2024.
This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 March 2022.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on the provision of early education and childcare.
This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 August 2021.
Statistics on the characteristics of early years providers in England.
Statistics on the characteristics of childcare and early years provision, including the number of providers and children attending.
Business rates information letters are issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government at regular intervals throughout the year.
Research into the link between the time spent on childcare by mothers and fathers in two-parent households and different well-being outcomes.
This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 December 2019.
Findings of a follow-up telephone survey with respondents to the 2017 childcare and early years survey of parents.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate childcare providers explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Report providing findings from the childcare provider finances survey, looking at the financial profile of providers offering childcare.
How local authorities and early years settings should provide the entitlement for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds.
Guidance for local authorities evaluating the impact of 30 hours free childcare in their area.
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