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1 General duties of local authority in relation to well-being of young children. (1) An English local authority must—. (a) improve the well-being of young children in their...
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An Act to make provision about the powers and duties of local authorities and other bodies in England in relation to the improvement of the well-being of young children; to make...
An Act to make provision about free childcare for young children of working parents and about the publication of information about childcare and related matters by local authorities...
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- Disqualification Under The Childcare Act
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- Staff Covered and Relevant Settings
- What This Means For Individuals, Schools and Employers
- Application For An Ofsted Waiver from Disqualification
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This is statutory guidance from the Department for Education on the application of the Childcare (Disqualification) and Childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (“the 2018 regulations”) and obligations under the Childcare Act 2006 in schools. Schools and local authorities must have regard ...
The 2018 regulations are made under section 75 of the Childcare Act 2006 (“the 2006 act”). They set out the circumstances in which an individual will be disqualified for the purposes of section 75 of the act. Section 76(2) of the 2006 act, provides that a person who is disqualified under the 2018 regulations may not: 1. provide relevant childcare p...
The criteria for disqualification under the 2006 act and the 2018 regulations include: 1. inclusion on the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Children’s Barred List 2. being found to have committed certain violent and sexual criminal offences against children and adults which are referred to in regulation 4 and Schedules 2 and 3 of the 2018 regul...
Under the legislation a person is disqualified if they are found to have committed an offence which is included in the 2018 regulations (a ‘relevant offence’) this includes: 1. being convicted of a relevant offence 2. on or after 6 April 2007, being given a caution for a relevant offence 3. on or after 8 April 2013, being given a youth caution for ...
Staff covered
Staff are covered by this legislation if they are employed or engaged to provide early years childcare (this covers the age range from birth until 1 September following a child’s fifth birthday, that is up to and including reception year) or later years childcare (this covers children above reception age but who have not attained the age of 8) in nursery, primary or secondary school settings, or if they are directly concerned with the management of such childcare. Staff in secondary schools o...
Staff who may be covered
Staff who are not employed to directly provide childcare, are not covered by the legislation. Similarly, most staff who are only occasionally engaged and are not regularly required to work in relevant childcare will not automatically come within the scope of the legislation. Schools and local authorities should exercise their judgement about when and whether such staff are within scope, evaluating and recording any risks and control measures put in place, and taking advice from the school or...
Staff not covered
This means that staff employed who work in the following roles are not covered by the 2018 regulations and therefore these arrangements must not be applied to them. This includes staff who have no involvement in the management of relevant provision and only provide: 1. education, childcare or supervised activity during school hours to children above reception age 2. childcare or supervised activities out of school hours for children who are aged 8 or over Staff involved in any form of health...
For the purposes of this guidance, hereafter references to the requirements and recommendations for schools also apply to local authorities, teacher training providers, employment agencies and other organisations employing staff to work in relevant childcare, as well as their employees. Schools must ensure that they are not knowingly employing a pe...
Where schools, receive information and are satisfied that an individual working in a relevant setting falls within one of the disqualification criteria in the 2018 regulations they must inform the individual of this and explain the implications of disqualification to them, including whether they can apply to Ofsted for a waiver of disqualification ...
Further help on how the childcare disqualification arrangements should be applied in schools can be obtained from the Department for Education by email to mailbox.disqualification@education.gov.ukor phone 01325 340 409. Any enquiries about the waiver application process should be made to Ofsted by emailing disqualification@ofsted.gov.uk, which is i...
Oct 30, 2018 · The Childcare Act 2006 says that childcare is ‘any form of care for a child, including education or any other supervised activity’. Most providers caring for children under 8 years...
The Childcare Act 2006 (c 21) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Summary. The Act defines new duties for Local Authorities with respect to: improving the Every Child Matters outcomes for pre-school children. childcare for working parents. parental information services. Structure of the Act. The Act comprises 4 sections:
The recently enacted Childcare Act 2006 will impose new obligations on childcare providers. This highly accessible guide will offer a straightforward explanation of the first piece of government legislation to focus solely on very young children and childcare for those under eight years old.
