The Childcare (Childminder Agencies) (Registration, Inspection and Supply and Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2014

Requirements relating to the applicant and management and control of the applicant

3.  The applicant has compiled a written statement (“the statement of purpose”) covering the following matters—

(a) the aims and objectives of the childminder agency;

(b) the organisational structure of the childminder agency;

(c) the childminder agency’s arrangements for registering a person as a provider;

(d) the childminder agency’s arrangements in relation to training and monitoring its registered providers;

(e) the childminder agency’s arrangements for ensuring provision is of a sufficient standard;

(f) the childminder agency’s arrangements for communicating the outcome of quality assurance visits to parents of children who are receiving registered childcare provision;

(g) the childminder agency’s procedures for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children receiving registered childcare provision;

(h) the childminder agency’s arrangements for disseminating information to parents and prospective parents who are seeking information about childcare provision offered by registered providers of that childminder agency;

(i) the childminder agency’s procedures for taking enforcement action in relation to a registered provider;

(j) the childminder agency’s procedure for dealing with complaints;

(k) a description of any arrangements the childminder agency may have for offering parents alternative provision when one of its registered providers is unable to provide childcare as a result of sickness or for other reasons; and

(l) a description of any additional services or facilities offered by the childminder agency.