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Details of immunisations for children between 2 and 5 years, before they start school.
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
Gives relevant professionals and the police an understanding of the female genital mutilation (FGM) mandatory reporting duty.
Use this service if you want to apply to join the compulsory or voluntary parts of the Childcare Register.
Statutory guidance for local authorities to support looked-after and previously looked-after children's aspirations to achieve in further and higher education.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder and registered with Ofsted on the compulsory part of the Childcare Register.
A guide on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).
Example menus and useful guidance for early years settings to help meet the Early Years Foundation Stage requirements for food and drink.
Apply to register a supported accommodation service.
Process for assessing, deciding and agreeing continuing care for children with complex health needs.
How the Family Nurse Partnership supports first-time young mothers and families in England, why it works, where it is delivered and how to commission it.
You must tell Ofsted about changes to certain people in your organisation or to your premises.
What providers need to know before reporting changes to Ofsted.
How educational and childcare settings should plan for and deal with emergencies, including significant public health incidents and severe weather.
Guide to the regulations on providing supported accommodation for children and young people. It includes the quality standards that all supported accommodation providers must meet.
Statutory guidance about local authority support to children and families.
Post-qualifying assessment and accreditation criteria for social workers supporting vulnerable children and families.
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.
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