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Use this guide to help you write down your child maintenance arrangement with your child's other parent.
Guidance for local authorities on the national minimum standards for providing fostering services.
Guidance for local authorities on the local authority capacity support funding for school-age childcare.
How schools can support pupils whose mental health problems manifest themselves in behaviour.
Definition of child sexual exploitation, potential vulnerabilities and indicators of abuse and appropriate action to take in response.
Our expectations of inspectors and providers during inspection or other regulatory activity.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered daycare provider on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Find out if your State Pension will be affected by the delay to National Insurance replacement credits for parents and carers, and how to tell HMRC.
How the Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) supports first-time young parents, evidence for the programme, and where it is provided in England.
This guidance explains what providers of children’s homes must do under the law when recruiting and employing staff.
Local authority allocations for the holiday activities and food programme, and local authority support for school-age childcare.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Child Benefit online service.
Download and complete the direct debit form to pay your Ofsted annual registration fee.
Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
You must apply to register with Ofsted if you are the registered person, a registered individual or the nominated individual of a daycare.
Process for assessing, deciding and agreeing continuing care for children with complex health needs.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate childcare providers explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for childminders.
Rotavirus immunisation information for public health professionals.
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