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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.
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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.
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.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.
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.
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Statutory guidance for local authorities on the provision of early education and childcare.
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Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
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Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
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