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Changing your childcare registration
Childcare providers must tell Ofsted about any changes to the people who are on their registration.
To find out who you need to tell us about and how to tell us, read our guidance on reporting changes to registered people in your nursery or other daycare.
To find out how to tell us about a new adult in your setting, read Childminders: report new people in the setting.
If you are changing the address you work from, for example because you are moving house, email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk from the email address you have registered with Ofsted. Put 'Change of address' in the email subject line. Tell us your unique reference number, your new address and the date you will start providing childcare from this address.
We will send you a new certificate once we have updated our records. You can work from your new address as soon as you are ready. You do not need to wait for your new certificate.
You must tell us about changes to any of the following:
- phone number
- email address
- your home address if this is different to where you provide childcare
- the type of childcare you provide
- a full list of people living or working at the new address and any people who need to be removed from your registration
You must also tell us about any new people who work on the premises or live there during childcare hours. To find out how to do this, read Childminders: report new people in the setting.
If you're a childminder working from a home (domestic premises) and you want to start working from a non-domestic premises as well, read our guidance on applying to work some of the time on non-domestic premises.
If you're registered as a childminder without domestic premises, find out how to add more premises to your registration.
If you're a nursery or other childcare provider and you're going to move to a new premises or add an additional premises, you must apply for approval of your new premises.
If you need to update the details we hold for your childcare service, for example your phone number or email address, email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. You must contact us from the email you have registered with Ofsted. Include your unique reference number, your full name, and the name and address of your service.
If you want to resign your Ofsted registration, email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk from the email address you have registered with Ofsted. Put 'Resignation' in the email subject line.
For settings registered under an organisation, this email needs to be sent by the named nominated individual, using the email address they have registered with Ofsted.
You should tell us that you want to resign and provide the following details:
- your full name
- the unique reference number of the setting you want to resign
- the name and address of your childcare service
- what date you want to resign your registration from
If we have already taken steps to cancel your registration, you may not be able to resign.
Any fees already paid will not be refunded.
Changing your children's social care registration
You need to tell Ofsted about changes to certain people or premises. For example, you must tell us if you have added new premises or if a director has changed.
You must tell us about:
- changes to anyone who is part of the registered provider – for organisations, this includes the responsible individual (or nominated individual for supported accommodation), and anyone with governance responsibilities, such as a director, company secretary, treasurer or trustee
- changes to the manager of a voluntary adoption agency, local authority adoption service or local authority fostering service
- the absence of a registered manager for 28 days or more, unless you run a residential scheme for disabled children
Read our guidance to find out what changes to people in your service you need to tell us about, as well as full details of all changes you should notify us of.
If you're a supported accommodation service, find out what changes you need to report and how to report them.
If you need to update the details we hold for your social care service, for example your phone number or email address, email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk. You must email us from the email you have registered with Ofsted. Include your unique reference number, full name, and the name and address of your service.
Even if you are already registered, if you are moving to a new premises you will need to apply to register your children’s social care service again.
To tell us about changes to your existing premises, complete the Report changes to your social care service form.
There is separate guidance for reporting changes to a supported accommodation service.
You will need:
- your unique reference number
- details of any changes to your premises or new premises, including written proof of planning permission or confirmation from your local authority that this is not necessary
- an updated statement of purpose, if necessary
If you want to cancel the registration for a provider or your own registration as an individual manager, download and complete the social care: apply to cancel registration as a provider or manager form and email it to enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk.
If you are a supported accommodation service, email the form to sc.suppacc@ofsted.gov.uk.
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