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Applications for the 2026 Step Up to Social Work programme are now closed.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children鈥檚 home or secure children鈥檚 home.
You might need to create a new Government Gateway account if you have forgotten both your user ID and password.
You might need to apply to Ofsted and provide them with certain information if you are connected with a children's social care service.
Find out what information you will need to create and use a Government Gateway account so that you can use Ofsted's services.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects children's homes.
Apply to register a children鈥檚 home, adoption or fostering agency, residential family centre or residential holiday scheme.
What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Statutory guidance on the principles behind children鈥檚 social care, its purpose, factors enabling good practice and what it should achieve.
Reset your password on your Government Gateway account so you can access Ofsted services.
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children鈥檚 homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
Annex A form for children's homes and secure children's homes to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
Our expectations of inspectors and providers during inspection or wider regulatory activity.
When and how to register with Ofsted if you want to open or manage a children's home or secure children's home.
You will need to follow a specific procedure if you want to contract as an Ofsted inspector.
Apply to connect people to a supported accommodation service.
You must tell Ofsted about changes to certain people in your organisation or to your premises.
What providers need to know about the supported accommodation registration process before applying.
This guidance explains what providers of children鈥檚 homes must do under the law when recruiting and employing staff.
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