Voluntary childcare register

The Childcare Act 2006 introduced a Childcare Register with 2 parts, a compulsory and a voluntary part. You can choose to join the voluntary part of the register if they are caring for children:

• in the home of 1 of the children, for children aged from birth to 17 years
  
• aged 8 to 17 years
  
• aged from birth to under 8 in provision that is exempt from compulsory registration, such as sports coaching
  

You can find out more about childcare inspection and regulation, including the voluntary part of the childcare register.