Children's centre resources
There's a wealth of resources available to help the development
and running of children's centres and helping build partnership
working, including working with childminders and with NCMA.
From NCMA
Good practice checklist (phase 1
centres)
Good practice checklist (phase 2
centres)
Sample good practice guidelines
- Wakefield's example
of good practice between childminders and children's centres
- Kent guidance for childminding drop-in groups
From Department for Education*
Statutory children's centre guidance documents (external
links)
From Ofsted
Children's centres SEF (external link)
Framework for Ofsted inspection of children's
centres (external link)
Links to other sites
www.nationalcollege.org.uk/togetherforchildren. (external
link)
*NB A new government is now in power. All statutory guidance and
legislation linked to from this site continues to reflect the
current legal position unless indicated otherwise, but may not
reflect Government policy.