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Guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
Find out what information you will need to create and use a Government Gateway account so that you can use Ofsted's services.
You might need to apply to Ofsted and provide them with certain information if you are connected with a children's social care service.
Guidance for safeguarding partners on implementing family help, multi-agency child protection and family group decision-making reforms.
How to get a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if you want to look after children for a living: who needs a check, what it costs and how long it takes.
Statutory guidance for local authorities on the provision of early education and childcare.
Apply to register a children鈥檚 home, adoption or fostering agency, residential family centre or residential holiday scheme.
Guidance for childminders, nannies and other registered childcare providers with examples of what Ofsted considers to be a significant event.
Ofsted-registered childminders, nannies, nurseries and other daycare must use this service to report significant events affecting their childcare within 14 days.
You must apply to Ofsted if you want to take up a governance position in a daycare organisation, or if you start living or working in a home where daycare takes place.
A practical guide for staff on managing cases of infectious diseases in children and young people settings, including education.
Ofsted guidance on inspecting registered early years and childcare providers under the education inspection framework.
What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
Use this guide to help you think about the items you would like to include in your child maintenance arrangement.
Statutory guidance on the principles behind children鈥檚 social care, its purpose, factors enabling good practice and what it should achieve.
Guidance to provide support for early years practitioners when completing the early years foundation stage (EYFS) progress check at age 2.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
A report from the Chief Medical Officers in the UK on the amount and type of physical activity people should be doing to improve their health.
Find out whether you need to tell Ofsted about an accident, injury or illness a child suffers while in your care.
How early years providers can implement the experience-based route for staff who do not hold full and relevant qualifications.
Don鈥檛 include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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