Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice

Getting the right DBS when registering with Ofsted

Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, 21 November 2023 - Childminder registration, Early years, Nannies

Childminders and childcare workers, such as nannies, are responsible for the safety and well-being of children in their care. Ofsted is legally required to check an applicant’s suitability at the point of registration. For daycare providers, it is the provider’s responsibility …

Calling all early years applicants

Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, 17 October 2023 - Childminder registration, Early years, Nannies

Once you have submitted your application to register with Ofsted, we will give you a call to discuss your application. At this stage we want to make sure everything you have included in your form is correct, to avoid any …

How staff-to-child ratios work

Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, 20 April 2023 - Childminder registration, Early years, Nannies

This blog was updated in August 2024 to reflect changes to the EYFS paragraph numbers. The Chancellor recently announced an optional change to childcare ratios from 1:4 to 1:5 for two-year-old children. This change applies from September 2023. All other …

Streamlining the early years registration process

Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, 25 November 2022 - Childminder registration, Early years

Being a right-touch regulator is one of our new strategic priorities. This means ensuring that our regulation promotes high-quality care, education, and safeguarding for children, while being proportionate in our approach and reducing any unnecessary bureaucracy or burden. We’re also …

Ofsted-registered nannies – What you need to know

Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, 10 November 2022 - Early years

This blog post explains a bit more about how and why nannies might think about registering with Ofsted and what that can mean for parents who employ a nanny.

Committee-run childcare – what you need to know

Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, 30 September 2022 - Committee-run childcare

This blog explains what committee-run childcare is and what Ofsted's role is in checking the suitability of committee members, trustees and directors.

Registering to become a childminder with Ofsted – what to expect

Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, 30 September 2022 - Childminder registration, Early years

This blog explains what you need to do once you've decided to become an early years childminder and what you need to do to make sure you’re ready to be registered.

Welcome to Ofsted's early years blog

Yvette Stanley, National Director Regulation and Social Care, Lee Owston, National Director Education and Alex Magloire, Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, 30 September 2022 - Early years

Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's National Director Regulation and Social Care; Gill Jones, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education; and Alex Magloire, our Deputy Director, Early Years Regulatory Practice, launch Ofsted's new early years blog.

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