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Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
A guide for inspectors about physical intervention and restrictions of liberty.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
Ofsted's annual fees for children’s social care services.
A glossary of terms used across Ofsted’s education inspection information and guidance.
How local authorities should report incidents to the Department for Education, Ofsted and Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
Information about the fees that Ofsted charges to register as a childminder, nanny or other childcare provider.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential family centres.
This guidance explains Ofsted Parent View. Schools can use it to encourage parents and carers to share their experiences of their child’s school.
Apply to work on non-domestic premises for some of the time.
Guidance for providers of childcare on domestic and non-domestic premises who want to expand their registered setting into new premises.
Details of the checks we carry out, including health checks and what to do if you have lived abroad in the last 5 years.
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 framework and handbook document sets out Ofsted’s inspection principles, guidance and the main judgements that inspectors make when inspecting area SEND.
Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.
Annex A form for residential family centres to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
Ofsted's variation fees for children’s social care services.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for those wishing to become childcare providers.
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