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You must tell Ofsted about new people aged 16 or over who live or work in the home you look after children in within 14 days. This includes children who turn 16.
How local authorities and early years settings should provide the entitlement for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds.
Guidance for childcare providers on when you must register with Ofsted or a childminder agency, when you cannot register, and when you do not have to.
Safeguarding guidance for providers of activities, after-school clubs, tuition and other out-of-school settings.
Find out about the 2 maternity benefits available under the social security scheme: Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance.
Guidance on the 8 principles of a whole school or college approach to promoting mental health and wellbeing.
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
Information for local authorities who will receive funding to support disadvantaged children during the Easter, summer and Christmas holidays.
Guidance for local authorities on the national minimum standards for providing fostering services.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
How schools can support pupils whose mental health problems manifest themselves in behaviour.
How education settings should prepare for and respond to terrorism and other major incidents.
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 for local authorities on the provision of early education and childcare.
Reset your password on your Government Gateway account so you can access Ofsted services.
You must apply to register with Ofsted if you are the registered person, a registered individual or the nominated individual of a daycare.
This service specification is for local authorities commissioning health visitors and school nurses, for public health services for children aged 0 to 19.
You will need to follow a specific procedure if you want to contract as an Ofsted inspector.
Use this guide to help you write down your child maintenance arrangement with your child's other parent.
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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