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Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
You can use this service to register your interest in contracting as an Ofsted inspector.
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.
Information for eligible schools about the school-based nursery (SBN) capital grant for 2025 to 2026.
Nannies registered with Ofsted must follow these requirements.
How educational and childcare settings should plan for and deal with emergencies, including significant public health incidents and severe weather.
Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.
This guidance is for Ofsted inspectors carrying out inspections of providers that are only registered on either or both parts 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.
You must tell Ofsted about the premises you want to include in your application to register a nursery or other daycare organisation.
Find out if you have the qualifications and experience to contract as an Ofsted inspector for childminders, day care and other childcare providers.
Find out what you’ll need and what you must do before you sign up to Tax-Free Childcare to get a payment provider account.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
Guidance for providers of childcare on domestic and non-domestic premises who want to expand their registered setting into new premises.
Best-practice standards for early years teachers.
Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.
Guidance on supervising the activities of workers and volunteers with children.
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