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What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
Find out what information you will need to create and use a Government Gateway account so that you can use Ofsted's services.
Guidance for those providing residential children’s homes for vulnerable children.
You might need to apply to Ofsted and provide them with certain information if you are connected with a children's social care service.
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.
Apply to register a children’s home, adoption or fostering agency, residential family centre or residential holiday scheme.
Ofsted-registered childminders, nannies, nurseries and other daycare must use this service to report significant events affecting their childcare within 14 days.
Find out whether you need to tell Ofsted about an accident, injury or illness a child suffers while in your care.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
Guidance to provide support for early years practitioners when completing the early years foundation stage (EYFS) progress check at age 2.
Use this guide to help you think about the items you would like to include in your child maintenance arrangement.
Information for childminders and providers of childcare on domestic premises wishing to register with a childminder agency.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Eligible new childminders can apply for a start-up grant to recover the cost of registering as a childminder.
Guide for local authorities and schools submitting early years foundation stage profile data for 2024.
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.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects children's homes.
Guidance to help practitioners identify the signs of child abuse and neglect and understand what action to take.
How local authorities must meet their duty to ensure children with health needs receive a good education.
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