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Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
How local authorities and early years settings should provide the entitlement for 2, 3 and 4-year-olds.
A guide for inspectors about physical intervention and restrictions of liberty.
This guidance outlines 'staying put' arrangements that enable care leavers to remain with their former foster carers after they turn 18.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2025 to 2026.
Ofsted's annual fees for children’s social care services.
How local authorities should report incidents to the Department for Education, Ofsted and Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib): immunisation information for public health professionals, including updates.
How local authorities should collect data from social care services to complete the annual children in need census.
Statutory and operational guidance for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities as child death review partners.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential family centres.
Guidance for commissioners and health professionals to make decisions about mental health services and interventions based on data and analysis.
Statutory guidance on the planning, commissioning and delivery of health services for looked-after children.
Infographic explaining the physical activity needed for general health benefits for children under 5 years of age.
Resources to support blind cord safety and raise awareness.
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.
Statutory guidance for local authority children’s services on representations and complaints procedures.
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