{"id":652,"date":"2015-03-02T16:42:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T16:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/educationandchildren\/?page_id=652"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:20:26","slug":"devon-family-information-directory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/early-years-and-childcare\/devon-family-information-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Information Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are the definitive source of registered childcare in Devon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>make an informed choice about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/early-years-and-childcare\/devon-family-information-directory\/choosing-childcare\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"19443\">childcare<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>find out about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/early-years-and-childcare\/help-with-paying-for-childcare\/\">the help you can get with your childcare costs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>if you are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/early-years-and-childcare\/childcare-brokerage\/\">having problems<\/a> finding childcare<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can search for settings by using the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.findchildcareindevon.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find Childcare in Devon Family Information Directory<\/a>.&nbsp;You can also use Ofsted\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/reports.ofsted.gov.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Find an inspection report\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;facility to find childcare providers and childminders in your area and see how they are performing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disability and the SEND Local Offer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/\">Devon\u2019s SEND Local Offer<\/a> is the education, health and social care&nbsp;services and support for children and young people (0-25) with special educational needs and disabilities&nbsp;(SEND).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guidance for using after-school clubs, tuition and community activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/guidance-for-parents-and-carers-on-safeguarding-children-in-out-of-school-settings\/using-after-school-clubs-tuition-and-community-activities\" rel=\"noopener\">Department for Education has produced guidance<\/a> for parents and carers. It explains what school and activities clubs, tutors and coaches should be doing to provide a safe environment for the children that attend their setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family information services from our neighbours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportincornwall.org.uk\/kb5\/cornwall\/directory\/family.page?familychannel=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cornwall<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/children-families\/get-help-for-your-family\/family-information-service.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorset<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plymouthonlinedirectory.com\/childrenandfamilies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Plymouth<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somerset.gov.uk\/children-families-and-education\/early-years-and-childcare\/finding-childcare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Somerset<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/torbayfamilyhub.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Torbay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find childcare and other services in Devon for children, young people and parents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":574,"parent":65310,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-652","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 15:06:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73131,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/652\/revisions\/73131"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65310"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}