Childcare Workforce Recruitment
A downloadable guide (PDF) and a recording of a Childcare Works webinar for local authorities held in August 2025
Childminder Agencies
The Department for Education produced a policy paper in September 2025 all about the role of childminder agencies. Childminder agencies (CMAs) are organisations that can register and quality assure: childminders (with and without domestic premises) providers of ‘childcare on domestic premises’ (CODPs) Ofsted regulates and inspects CMAs. All CMAs must be registered with Ofsted. Childminders and providers […]
Delivering Early Years Provision in Rural Localities
A Childcare Works Action Learning Session recorded in June 2025
Registering and inspecting school-based early years provision
A blog published by Ofsted in September 2025
Route Map to 2026 for Early Years Expansion and Roll-out of the Wraparound Childcare Programme
The route maps for the Early Years expansion and Wraparound childcare suggest where we feel local authorities need to be in terms of their planning for, and delivery of, the programmes at the end of each academic term and breaks down some of the tasks that need to be completed to help reach that point. […]
Childcare Works National Meeting
Watch recordings from the National Meeting for local authorities held in June 2025
Early Years Toolkit
Childcare Works has created an early years toolkit for providers, schools and childminders
Childcare Expansion Myth-buster for Providers
An easy-to-read infographic with comprehensive and accurate information about the childcare expansion
Creating Early Years capacity in Preparation for September 2025
A recorded session for providers and local authorities created in May 2025