Section 7 Approval criteria

In relation to an application for approval as a child care provider the approval criteria are–

(a)

that the applicant is 18 years of age or over;

(b)

that the applicant–

(i)

has obtained one of the qualifications from time to time specified in a list maintained by the Department for Education and Skills^f1 for the purpose of this article; or

(ii)

has attended a basic course of training in the care of children being one specified in a list maintained by the Department for Education and Skills^f2 for the purpose of this article;

(c)

that the applicant has obtained a relevant first-aid certificate; and

(d)

that the applicant is not considered unsuitable to work with or have unsupervised access to children.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The list is accessible on the Department for Education and Skills Website: www.dfes.gov.uk/childrenswfqualifications.
f2: Ibid.