Useful Links
List of Services
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Child abuse concerns: guide for practitioners
Guidance to help practitioners identify the signs of child abuse and neglect and understand what action to take.
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Childminders and childcare providers: register with Ofsted
The requirements you need to follow if you register with Ofsted to look after children.
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Education inspection framework (EIF)
This framework sets out Ofsted's inspection principles and the main judgements that inspectors make.
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Early years foundation stage statutory framework (EYFS)
The standards that school and childcare providers must meet for the learning, development and care of children from birth to 5.
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Early Years Outcomes
A non-statutory guide for practitioners and inspectors to help inform understanding of child development through the early years.
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Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners
Guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
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Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings
Guidance for Ofsted inspectors to use when inspecting safeguarding under the education inspection framework.
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Keeping children safe in education
Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment.
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Latest Ofsted Documents
This is all the latest info, not all childminding related but there are relevant documents.
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Ofsted Blog
Schools, early years, further education and skills.
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Ofsted NewsList Item 1
Enables childminders can sign up to a monthly newsletter about updates.
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Ofsted's role in regulating childcare: poster for parents
Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.
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Online safety
We’ve teamed up with O2 to help you keep children safe when they're using the internet, social networks, apps, games and more.
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Pay your data protection fee
New registration here
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Protecting children from radicalisation: the prevent duty
Guidance for schools and childcare providers on preventing children and young people from being drawn into terrorism.
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Safeguarding women and girls at risk of FGM
Practical help to support NHS organisations developing new safeguarding policies and procedures for female genital mutilation (FGM).
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SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years
Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, from 1 September 2014.
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Tax-Free Childcare: Top things childcare providers should know
Top things childcare providers need to know about Tax-Free Childcare.
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Working together to safeguard children
Statutory guidance on inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
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Early years inspection handbook
Ofsted guidance on inspecting registered early years and childcare providers under the education inspection framework.