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This toolkit explains Ofsted Parent View. Schools can use it to encourage parents and carers to share their experiences of their child’s school.
Find Ofsted's training, learning and professional development publications.
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).
Nannies registered with Ofsted must follow these requirements.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered out of school club, nursery or other type of daycare on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
This guide gives a summary of what providers should expect and what they need to do as part of an Ofsted inspection.
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
How local authorities should notify incidents to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
You must apply to Ofsted to move your setting or to include additional premises in the registration of your nursery or other daycare.
How Ofsted regulates childcare and what parents should do if they have concerns about their provider.
Download and complete the direct debit form to pay your Ofsted annual registration fee.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate childcare providers explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Application guidance for childminders who provide care solely from somewhere other than a home.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an independent fostering agency.
An explanation of what happens to those judged inadequate on the Early Years Register and those not meeting registration requirements on the Childcare Register.
Find out if you have the qualifications and experience to contract as an Ofsted inspector for childminders, day care and other childcare providers.
Information about the fees that Ofsted charges to register as a childminder, nanny or other childcare provider.
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
Guide for local authorities and providers on when Ofsted will prioritise applications to register children’s homes services.
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