Changes coming into effect 1 September 2026 Ofsted have published updated early years toolkit, operating guide and inspection information, to reflect the DfE’s changes to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework for September 2026. Early years...
The information on this page sets out the flexibilities for childminders in England that came into force on 1 November 2024. These include the introduction of a new category of childminder (known as childminder without domestic premises) and an increase to the number...
Registered childminders are given a maximum number of children that they can care for at any one time. Because of the differences in registration requirements between England and Wales, the number of children that childminders in these countries can care for is...
Children flourish in environments that promote diversity, equality and inclusion but unfortunately inequality, discrimination and racism are issues that have been continually highlighted across the world, most recently in 2020 with the Black Lives Matter movement. As...
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. They inspect and regulate services that care for children including childminders, registered nannies, nurseries, pre-schools, schools and FE colleges in England. Here we highlight what...
Darllenwch hyn yn Gymraeg yma The national curriculum in Wales was first introduced in 1988 in a very different world. This was a time before the world-wide web, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the mobile phone, when majority of people smoked indoors and there...
