Early years and childcare

Guide to children's centres

Details and locations of your local children's centres, including services and activities for families with children under 5 years old.

Help with childcare costs

The schemes you can access depend on your child’s age and your personal circumstances.

Your childcare options

How to find local childcare, how to find special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) childcare, questions to ask a childcare provider.

Progress checks for 2 year olds

All children aged between 2 and 3 years old must be assessed to see how well they are developing.

Toilet training guide

How we support parents and children with toilet training (continence).

Childcare Sufficiency Assessment

How and why we look at the childcare that is being provided locally, the gaps in the market and what we do with this information.

Register as a childminder

What you need to know about how to register as childminder and childminding training.

Start for Life

Start for Life support is available through our family hubs, for you and your family. Support is available from pregnancy to birth, from 0 to 36 months.

Our new family hubs