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Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a 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.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on the provision of early education and childcare.
Non-statutory guidance for schools, responsible bodies and childcare providers looking to open or expand school-based nursery provision.
Information for childminders and providers of childcare on domestic premises wishing to register with a childminder agency.
You must apply to register with Ofsted if you are the registered person, a registered individual or the nominated individual of a daycare.
Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.
How to sign in and update your account details and nominate a delegate.
You must tell Ofsted about changes to those responsible for a daycare organisation, and for a home where daycare takes place, and also who is living or working there.
Statutory guidance for schools about employing staff who have been disqualified from providing childcare.
Reset your password on your Government Gateway account so you can access Ofsted services.
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
How educational and childcare settings should plan for and deal with emergencies, including significant public health incidents and severe weather.
Guidance on checks we will carry out on anyone associated with Ofsted-registered childcare.
Application guidance for childminders who provide care solely from somewhere other than a home.
How Ofsted regulates childcare and what parents should do if they have concerns about their provider.
How you make an application for recognition of overseas qualifications to work in an early years setting in England.
Nursing and other qualifications that cannot be counted in the early years foundation stage (EYFS) staff:child ratios.
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