How to become a registered childminder
Registered childminders are childcare professionals who work in their own homes caring for other people’s children for more than two hours in any one day. We have a team of dedicated childcare development officers in each local area who provide support to newly-registered and established Ofsted childminders and those wishing to register with Ofsted.
For more information please read the Childminder Pre-registration Information Pack (PDF, view in browser or download).
To contact us, please email earlyyears@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk stating the town you live in.
You will need to familiarise yourself with the early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework for childminders as this sets out the legal requirements.
For those wishing to register with a childminder agency, please contact them directly (view list of agencies on GOV.UK).