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Find out what you’ll need and what you must do before you sign up to Tax-Free Childcare to get a payment provider account.
How you make an application for recognition of non-UK qualifications to work in an early years setting in England.
What schools, registered early years providers and childminders need to know about delivering the early years foundation stage (EYFS), and Ofsted inspections under the education inspection framework (EIF).
Role description and qualification specification for early years special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs).
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for childminders.
Information for early years practitioners about stronger practice hubs.
Factsheet about registering school-based provision of childcare with Ofsted.
Nursing and other qualifications that cannot be counted in the early years foundation stage (EYFS) staff:child ratios.
Information for providers, parents and carers about what happens when we suspend a childcare provider’s registration.
Find out how you can still register with Ofsted if you provide childcare immediately before or after school for less than 2 hours in a day.
Guidance for providers of childcare on domestic and non-domestic premises who want to expand their registered setting into new premises.
How virtual school heads should manage the school-age pupil premium and the early years pupil premium for looked-after children.
Your electronic device will need to meet certain specifications to allow you to work as an Ofsted inspector.
List of early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers.
Non-statutory guidance for schools, responsible bodies and childcare providers looking to open or expand school-based nursery provision.
Ofsted guides for parents about different types of early years settings and how they are inspected.
Career planning information and tools for those interested in working in the early years education sector.
Application forms to complete to register with Ofsted.
Guidance for anyone wanting to register and operate as a childminder agency.
What early years settings must do to apply for an exemption from the early years foundation stage (EYFS).
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