Concerns have been raised by the Recruitment and Employment Confederationís Childcare Sector Group over the current process in which nannies wanting to apply to be on Ofstedís Childcare Register do ...

A website launched today (16 April) by 4Children and funded by the DCSF will help childcare providers find out if they need to register on either of Ofsted's two childcare registers. The website, ...

A nursery group has resigned its registration with Ofsted amid an ongoing investigation by the inspectorate into safeguarding concerns within the settings. Leaping Lambs, a nursery group of five ...

Providers and councils say changes will help them to accommodate hard-to-place children, while regulator says it should reduce need for unregistered provision Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's national ...

Thousands of new childminders are unable to start work because of delays in the registration process carried out by schools watchdog Ofsted. Figures released last week show that there is such a ...

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A nursery has lost its Ofsted registration after inspectors witnessed children playing without trousers on after toilet accidents. The education watchdog believes kids at Pear Tree Nursery in ...

A nursery and children's after school club has had its registration suspended by Ofsted inspectors. They had witnessed children having their soiled clothes removed after toilet accidents and being ...