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DfE plans to raise Ofsted registration fees for early years settings

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The Department for Education has launched a consultation into increasing registration fees for early years providers, as well as whether provider type categories need revising.

The consultation proposes increasing the application fee and the annual fee paid to Ofsted by childcare providers on the Early Years Register, effective from next April.

The 12-week consultation suggests increasing fees by £8 for childminders and sessional settings and by £49 for settings that offer full daycare.

Currently childminders and sessional settings pay a £35 application fee and full daycare settings a £220 fee, both of which must be renewed annually.

Under the proposals, fees could increase to £43 for childminders and sessional settings and £269 for full daycare settings from next year.

Existing providers will not be required to pay the increased annual fee until the next anniversary of the date on which they became registered on the Early Years Register.

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