Childcare and children's social care health declaration forms
Health declaration forms for childminders and people who work in childcare or children's social care.
Applies to England
Introduction
You will need to complete a health declaration form before you register with Ofsted to look after or care for children.
Please complete a form if:
- you바카라 사이트檙e applying to register as a childminder or childminder without domestic premises on the Early Years Register. Please select childminder on the health declaration form
- you바카라 사이트檙e registering as the manager of childcare on domestic premises
- you바카라 사이트檙e applying to register as a social care establishment, agency or manager
- Ofsted has asked you to complete it because we need more information (for example, if you live with a childminder or if you own a nursery)
Find out more about how to register childcare or children바카라 사이트檚 social care.
Social care applications
From 1 April 2024 a health declaration, signed by your GP, is no longer required for children바카라 사이트檚 social care applicants. If you are a social care applicant, you must declare your current health using the children바카라 사이트檚 social care health form. You do not need to send the form to your GP as part of your application to be registered as or connected to a children바카라 사이트檚 social care provider.
If you need any help completing the form, please telephone us on 0300 123 1231 or email enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk.
Completing the health declaration form
All early years applicants must complete this form.
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Fill in section A, the relevant part of section B and the declaration.
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Contact your GP to fill in section C. GPs may charge a fee for doing this.
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Either scan or photograph the document and send with your unique reference number (URN) to enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk.
Completing the children바카라 사이트檚 social care health form
All children바카라 사이트檚 social care applicant바카라 사이트檚 must complete this form.
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Fill in section A, section B and the statement of self-declaration.
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Send the form to enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk.
Your information
You can find information on how Ofsted handles personal information in our personal information charter.
This information remains valid for 6 months from the date of your GP바카라 사이트檚 signature (health declaration form) and/or your signature (health self-declaration form). Please send this to Ofsted without delay.
It is an offence to make a statement that you know is false or misleading as part of a registration application. Please answer this form truthfully. We will not necessarily refuse your registration based on current or previous health problems.
Updates to this page
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Updated to include a new childcare provider type, 바카라 사이트榗hildminders without domestic premises바카라 사이트�, following changes introduced by the Department for Education바카라 사이트檚 EYFS framework.
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Updated the early years and children's social care health forms.
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Revised the guidance for children's social care applicants. From 1 April 2024 a health declaration, signed by your GP, is no longer required for children바카라 사이트檚 social care applicants.
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Added a temporary social care health self-declaration form for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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First published.