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Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17.
What providers need to know before reporting changes to Ofsted.
Tell Ofsted about changes to your supported accommodation service.
Information on Ofsted inspections for independent schools that are not members of associations.
What Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks you need to have in place and how Ofsted will check the use of the DBS checks and certificates on inspection.
Guidance on using Ofsted's logos, plus copyright information.
Factsheet about registering school-based provision of childcare with Ofsted.
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.
This policy sets out what Ofsted will publish during a period of pre-election silence for local authority and general elections.
A guide for inspectors about physical intervention and restrictions of liberty.
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
How Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will conduct thematic visits to local areas to look at preparation for adulthood arrangements.
This guide explains how we select new schools and schools that undergo significant changes for inspection.
Introduction to Ofsted's role in registering childcare and the legal basis for our work.
Ofsted’s safeguarding policy and guidance for inspectors on handling safeguarding disclosures.
What you need to know about registering with Ofsted if you want to open or manage an independent fostering agency.
Details of the checks we carry out, including health checks and what to do if you have lived abroad in the last 5 years.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects boarding schools and residential special schools.
Information for providers, parents and carers about what happens when we suspend a childcare provider’s registration.
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