Starting a nursery or other daycare and running the business
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Find out how to register with Ofsted as a nursery or other daycare, and what you will need to tell us about.
Start a nursery or other daycare business
You will need to apply to register with Ofsted as a daycare if you will be looking after children aged up to the 31 August following their fifth birthday and you will be doing this in either:
- a location other than in someone’s home
- someone’s home where 4 or more adults will be working with the children at the same time
Certain other people involved in your daycare will also need to apply to Ofsted themselves as part of your application to register.
- Apply to register your nursery or other daycare organisation (EYO)
- Guidance
- Add a setting to your application to register a daycare (EYS)
- Guidance
- Daycare roles that must register with Ofsted
- Guidance
- Apply to join a nursery or other daycare organisation (EY2)
- Guidance
Running a nursery or other daycare
As a nursery or other daycare, you must report to Ofsted any significant events affecting your childcare within 14 days.
- Report a serious childcare incident
- Guidance
- Childcare: reporting children’s accidents and injuries
- Guidance
Changes to a nursery or other daycare
You must tell Ofsted about changes to those responsible for your daycare organisation.
If the childcare takes place in someone’s home, you must tell Ofsted about any changes to who is living or working there.
Anyone you have to tell us about must also apply to join your registration.
- Apply to join a nursery or other daycare organisation (EY2)
- Guidance
- Daycare roles that must register with Ofsted
- Guidance
- Report changes to registered people in your nursery or other daycare (EY3)
- Guidance
- Add another setting to your nursery or other daycare organisation (EYS)
- Guidance
Making payments to Ofsted
You will need to maintain your Ofsted registration with an annual fee.
- Pay your childcare or social care invoice
- Guidance
- Pay your Ofsted annual registration fee by direct debit
- Guidance
Published 12 October 2021 Contents
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