Safety & Safeguarding for Childminders (24 Articles)
Safeguarding and safety are your top priorities as a registered childminder. Our expert guides cover critical topics including recording the "Voice of the Child" for existing injuries, understanding Natasha's Law and allergen logging, completing daily risk assessments in 30 seconds, ensuring your attendance register meets legal requirements, and preparing your home for Ofsted safety checks. Learn how to keep children safe while avoiding unnecessary "gold-plating" that agencies often push.
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Safer Recruitment for Childminders: Hiring Your First Assistant & Scaling Your Setting in 2026
Master safer recruitment for childminders hiring an assistant in 2026. Follow updated EYFS statutory guidance, Enhanced DBS vetting, ratios, MTD payroll, and Ofsted checks.
Win Your Morning Routine: The 60-Second Childminder Sweep for Ofsted & Compliance in 2026
Master the 60-second childminder morning sweep. Discover how to streamline daily safety checks, exact attendance, and 2026 EYFS compliance with KinderStart.
Getting Started as a Childminder in 2026: EYFS Statutory Guidance & Best Practices
Master the September 2026 EYFS statutory guidance for childminders in England. Learn mandatory safer sleep rules, assistant sole-charge caps, banned dog breed laws, ratios, and legal registrations.
Business Growth for Childminders 2026: EYFS Statutory Guidance and How to Scale Safely
How UK childminders can grow their business in 2026 while meeting the new EYFS statutory framework effective 1 September 2026. Covers safeguarding duties, safer sleeping and weaning, monthly local authority funding from October 2026, and scaling with an assistant.
Childminder Finance & Tax 2026: MTD Expense Rules and the New EYFS Statutory Guidance
The two statutory changes reshaping childminder finances in 2026: HMRC withdrawing the childminder-specific simplified expense rates for anyone inside Making Tax Digital from April 2026, and the EYFS statutory framework effective 1 September 2026. Includes actual-cost apportionment method, quarterly filing dates and a record-keeping checklist.
New EYFS Statutory Framework (September 2026): What Every Childminder Needs to Know
Explore the mandatory EYFS statutory framework changes effective 1 September 2026: explicit safer sleep rules, banned dog breed prohibitions, lowered harm notification thresholds, and screen time limits.
The 2026 Guide to Childminder Tax & MTD: Expenses, Ratios and Digital Links
Authoritative 2026 UK childminder tax guide covering Making Tax Digital (MTD ITSA) thresholds, BIM52751 expenses, Section 33A cash basis, Section 224 PRR traps, and EYFS ratios.
Nail Your Ofsted Planning: The 'Magic Link' to EYFS Next Steps (2026 Guidance)
Master the Ofsted observation, assessment, and planning cycle with the 2026 EYFS statutory framework for childminders. Discover how the 'Magic Link' eliminates paperwork.
The Ultimate 2026 Checklist for Ofsted Registration (with Costs)
Complete 2026 Ofsted registration checklist for childminders. Itemised statutory setup costs (£418.20–£658.20), £600 DfE grant, DBS rules, food hygiene, and EYFS compliance.
De-Mystifying the Ofsted Registration Visit: A Real-Life Account & 2026 Preparation Guide
A real-life account and complete 2026 guide to the Ofsted registration visit for childminders. Learn about the planning call, Report Card, EYFS rules, and MTD.
Stop Ticking Boxes: Why the New EYFS Wants Professional Judgement, Not Data – 2026 Statutory Guidance for Childminders
Discover why the 2026 EYFS statutory guidance replaces tick-box data tracking with professional judgement, plus practical rules for ratios, checks, and Ofsted.
Why Your Spreadsheet Might Not Be MTD Compliant (2026): Digital Links, HMRC Rules, and EYFS Guidance
Discover why your Excel or Google Sheets ledger might fail HMRC Making Tax Digital (MTD) compliance in 2026, what digital links require, and how childminders stay compliant.
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