Early learning and childcare (ELC)

All early learning and childcare settings regulated by the Care Inspectorate, including school-aged childcare and childminders.

Topics
  • Additional Support Needs
  • Bowel and Bladder
  • Child Protection
  • Looked After and Accommodated Children
  • Complaints
  • Creative and Physical Activity
  • Disability
  • Equalities / Human Rights
  • Food and Fluid
  • Infection Control
  • Involvement and Participation
  • Learning Disabiities
  • Management & Leadership
  • Medication
  • Restraint
  • Play
  • Risk
  • Self-evaluation
  • Staffing
  • Alcohol / Drug Misuse
  • Tissue Viability
  • Mental Health
  • Carers
Topics
  • Child development
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (including attachment)
  • Children’s rights
  • Creative Play
  • Play and learning
  • Outdoor play
Resource type
  • Children and Young People Bulletin
  • Case Study
  • National strategies and frameworks
  • Event
  • Guidance
  • Research
Care setting
  • Care homes for children and young people
  • Childminding
  • Playgroups and nurseries
I work with
  • Children and young people
Topics
  • Children and Families
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing
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Engagement session for childminders on the Quality improvement framework for early learning and childcare sectors image

Authors
Care Inspectorate & Education Scotland

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Engagement session for childminders on the Quality improvement framework for early learning and childcare sectors

Date
08/05/2025

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Digital social care webinar: AI in social care image

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Digital social care webinar: AI in social care

Date
01/05/2025

Category
Event

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Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Digital resources

Date
06/03/2025

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Preventing and managing infection in childcare and education settings, and what this means in practice image

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Preventing and managing infection in childcare and education settings, and what this means in practice

Date
29/01/2025

Category
Event

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The Cross-Border Placements (Effect of Deprivation of Liberty Orders) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 - Practice Guidance, Notice and Undertaking Template image

Authors
Scottish Government

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The Cross-Border Placements (Effect of Deprivation of Liberty Orders) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 - Practice Guidance, Notice and Undertaking Template

Date
30/11/2024

Category
Guidance

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The Cross-border Placements (Effect of Deprivation of Liberty Orders) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (‘the Regulations’) – and this accompanying guidance – relate to the practice of local authorities elsewhere in the UK placing children into Scottish residential care under a Depriva...

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A quality framework for childcare agencies introducing and supplying childcare staff image

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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A quality framework for childcare agencies introducing and supplying childcare staff

Date
09/10/2024

Category
Care Inspectorate Publication, Guidance, Quality Frameworks

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Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Sharing good practice

Date
08/10/2024

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Sharing good practice image

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Sharing good practice

Date
08/10/2024

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Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Outdoor play and learning

Date
11/09/2024

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Me, my family and my childcare setting image

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Me, my family and my childcare setting

Date
29/05/2024

Category
Care Inspectorate programmes & publications

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