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Guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects children's homes.
Guidance for those providing residential children’s homes for vulnerable children.
A practical guide for staff on managing cases of infectious diseases in children and young people settings, including education.
You might need to apply to Ofsted and provide them with certain information if you are connected with a children's social care service.
How to get a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if you want to look after children for a living: who needs a check, what it costs and how long it takes.
Guidance for childminders, nannies and other registered childcare providers with examples of what Ofsted considers to be a significant event.
You must apply to Ofsted if you want to take up a governance position in a daycare organisation, or if you start living or working in a home where daycare takes place.
Ofsted-registered childminders, nannies, nurseries and other daycare must use this service to report significant events affecting their childcare within 14 days.
Apply to register a children’s home, adoption or fostering agency, residential family centre or residential holiday scheme.
Ofsted guidance on inspecting registered early years and childcare providers under the education inspection framework.
How to sign in and update your account details and nominate a delegate.
Guidance to provide support for early years practitioners when completing the early years foundation stage (EYFS) progress check at age 2.
What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
When you can share information about your case, what you can share and what to do if someone else shares information.
Eligible new childminders can apply for a start-up grant to recover the cost of registering as a childminder.
Use this guide to help you think about the items you would like to include in your child maintenance arrangement.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
A report from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK on the amount and type of physical activity people should be doing to improve their health.
Statutory guidance on the principles behind children’s social care, its purpose, factors enabling good practice and what it should achieve.
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