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Promotional material: Ofsted's role in regulating childcare: poster for parents (Fri, 24 Sep 2021)
Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.
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Childminders and childcare providers: register with Ofsted (Thu, 23 Sep 2021)
Guidance for childminders, nannies, nurseries and people providing other childcare on when/if you need to register with Ofsted, the process, fees and requirements.
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Childminders and childcare on domestic premises: registration (Thu, 23 Sep 2021)
How to register if you want to look after children at home, including what you need to do before you apply, fees, and working elsewhere.
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Guidance: Childminder agencies: registration and suitability (Thu, 23 Sep 2021)
Guidance for childminder agencies on registering with Ofsted, including the process, fees and requirements. It sets out the legal background and the extent of our regulatory powers.
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Guidance: Apply to register your nursery or other daycare organisation (EYO) (Thu, 23 Sep 2021)
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.
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Guidance: Apply to register as a childminder (Thu, 23 Sep 2021)
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to look after other people's children in your home or someone else's home.
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News story: Ofsted to review two education catch-up reforms (Wed, 22 Sep 2021)
Ofsted has been asked by the government to carry out an independent review of two key catch-up reforms: tutoring and teachers’ professional development.
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Research: Ofsted’s independent review of tutoring: terms of reference (Wed, 22 Sep 2021)
Ofsted will carry out an independent review of tutoring in schools and 16 to 19 providers, following these terms of reference.
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