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Voluntary Childcare Register

The Childcare Act 2006 introduced a Childcare Register with two parts, a compulsory and a voluntary part. The voluntary part of this started in April 2007. People may choose to join the voluntary part of the register if they are caring for children:

• in the home of one of the children, for children aged from birth to 17 years.
• aged eight to 17 years
• aged from birth to under eight in provision that is exempt from compulsory registration, such as sports coaching.

You can find out more about the new register from Ofsted .