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Find out if you can apply to join the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
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.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered daycare provider on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for childminders.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
Guidance for applicants and registered providers of childcare on domestic premises.
Find out if you must apply to join the compulsory part of the Childcare Register instead of one of the other types of childcare provider.
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
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.
You will not be able to reset your Government Gateway credentials without the email address you used to create your account.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for those wishing to become childcare providers.
Application forms to complete to register with Ofsted.
How a prospective or registered childcare provider can appeal if Ofsted plans to take steps that will affect their registration.
Form for financial reference for children's social care.
How a prospective or registered childcare provider can object if Ofsted intends to take steps that will affect their application or registration.
Briefing note for magistrates and magistrates’ courts explaining the legal framework for Ofsted’s regulation and inspection of childcare.
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