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Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
Explains the role of local authorities and the funding they'll get to expand the availability of wraparound care in their areas from September 2024.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Find out if you can apply to join the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
You will need your Government Gateway user ID in order to use certain Ofsted services.
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.
What schools, registered early years providers and childminders need to know about delivering the early years foundation stage (EYFS), and Ofsted inspections under the education inspection framework (EIF).
Local authority funding to support the provision of new early years entitlement and wraparound places.
Guidance for applicants and registered providers of childcare on domestic premises.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered daycare provider on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
How Ofsted regulates childcare and what parents should do if they have concerns about their provider.
Guidance on supervising the activities of workers and volunteers with children.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
You must apply to Ofsted to move your setting or to include additional premises in the registration of your nursery or other daycare.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
This guidance is for Ofsted inspectors carrying out inspections of providers that are only registered on either or both parts of the Childcare Register.
Best-practice standards for early years teachers.
Career planning information and tools for those interested in working in the early years education sector.
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