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Ofsted-registered childminders, nannies, nurseries and other daycare must use this service to report significant events affecting their childcare within 14 days.
Information about jobs at Ofsted, including the range of jobs on offer, working as an inspector and finding out about opportunities.
Find out whether you need to tell Ofsted about an accident, injury or illness a child suffers while in your care.
Guidance for childminders, nannies, nurseries and people providing other childcare on when/if you need to register with Ofsted, the process, fees and requirements.
Ofsted's policy for considering whether to defer or pause an inspection or visit, or whether additional evidence needs to be gathered.
A series of reviews by Ofsted looking at the research evidence currently available about different curriculum subjects.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Guides for parents, carers, children and young people about inspections of local services for children and young people with SEND.
Find out how to register with Ofsted as a nursery or other daycare, and what you will need to tell us about.
The requirements you need to follow if you register with Ofsted to look after children.
Guidance for childminders, nannies and other registered childcare providers with examples of what Ofsted considers to be a significant event.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.
Ofsted's education inspection framework (EIF) applies to maintained schools and academies, non-association independent schools, early years settings, further education and skills providers, prisons and young offender in…
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects children's homes.
All handbooks and frameworks for the remits that Ofsted inspects and/or regulates.
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. We also inspect and regulate services that care for children and y…
You must tell Ofsted about new people aged 16 or over who live or work in the home you look after children in within 14 days. This includes children who turn 16.
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.
Submit a complaint about an inspection, regulatory event or incident involving Ofsted.
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.
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