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Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for children and young people aged 5 to 18 years.
Statutory and operational guidance for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities as child death review partners.
How local authorities should notify incidents to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
Guidance to support secondary school teachers deliver food teaching in schools.
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
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.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
Statutory guidance for local authority children’s services on representations and complaints procedures.
How local authorities should collect data from social care services to complete the annual children in need census.
Apply to work on non-domestic premises for up to half of your time.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate children's social care establishments and agencies explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Statutory guidance on the provision of accommodation for 16 and 17 year old young people who may be homeless and/or require accommodation.
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for children under 5 years of age.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects independent fostering agencies.
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).
Guidance for applicants and registered providers of childcare on domestic premises.
What providers need to know about the process of connecting people to a supported accommodation service.
This guidance outlines 'staying put' arrangements that enable care leavers to remain with their former foster carers after they turn 18.
Find out if you have the qualifications and experience to contract as an Ofsted inspector for childminders, daycares and other childcare providers.
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