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Details of Ofsted's programme of webinars to help familiarise providers with the November 2025 education inspection framework changes.
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.
Apply to register a children鈥檚 home, adoption or fostering agency, residential family centre or residential holiday scheme.
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.
This framework sets out Ofsted's inspection principles and the main judgements that inspectors make.
Ofsted guidance on inspecting registered early years and childcare providers under the education inspection framework.
Ofsted-registered childminders, nannies, nurseries and other daycare must use this service to report significant events affecting their childcare within 14 days.
What social care providers need to know when notifying Ofsted of a serious incident.
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.
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
The requirements you need to follow if you register with Ofsted to look after children.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects children's homes.
Guidance for childminders, nannies and other registered childcare providers with examples of what Ofsted considers to be a significant event.
Guidance for childminders, nannies, nurseries and people providing other childcare on when/if you need to register with Ofsted, the process, fees and requirements.
If you are a childminder, you must tell Ofsted within 14 days about new people aged 16 or over who live or work in the home where you look after children. This includes children who turn 16. If you are a childminder without 鈥�
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.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a daycare organisation for children.
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