How to become a registered childminder
Have you ever thought about childminding?
Becoming a registered childminder gives you the chance of an incredibly rewarding and responsible career with all the benefits of home-based working. And tens of thousands of people are already running their own childminding businesses across England and Wales
For information on becoming a registered childminder, please contact Waltham Forest's Family Information Service on 020-8496-3000 or visit the National Childminding Association of England and Wales
Further information on becoming a childminder prospective childminder fact sheet (44KB Word file)
Download the requirements for the childcare register for childminders document ( 250KB Word file)
Wanting to Open Up Your Own Childcare Provision
Are you interested in opening a childcare provision?
We offer guidance and support to new and potential childcare providers in Waltham Forest.
We offer:
- An initial information pack (160KB Word file)
- Daycare briefing sessions (every 6 weeks)
- Pre-registration visit
- Funding information and guidance
- Identifying other helpful organisation
To book a place at a briefing session, please contact the Family Information Service on the contact details below.
There are four main categories of group childcare settings:
Full Day Care:
i.e. Facilities that provide day care for children under 8 for a continuous period of four hours or more in any day on non-domestic premises
Sessional Care
i.e. Facilities that provide day care for children under 8 for a session which is less than a continuous period of four hours in any day on non-domestic premises.
For further information you can visit the Preschool Learning Alliance web site.
Creches:
i.e. Facilities that provide occasional care for children under 8 and are provided on particular non-domestic premises on more than five days a year.
Out of School:
i.e. Facilities that provide day care for children under 8 that operate on non-domestic premises during one or more of the following: before school, after school, during school holidays.
Further information on opening a childcare provision prospective childcare provider fact sheet (44KB Word file)
Requirements for the childcare register childcare provider (282KB Word file)
For further information on inspections in Waltham Forest visit OFSTED
Contact us
Waltham Forest Family Information Service
PO Box 416
Silver Birch House
Uplands Business Park
Blackhorse Lane
Walthamstow, E17 5SD
Tel 020 8496 3000
Fax 020 8496 3599
