{"id":19439,"date":"2026-03-05T09:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/?p=19439"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T09:44:17","slug":"ofsted-and-banned-dog-breeds-for-childminders-and-childcare-on-domestic-premises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/ofsted-and-banned-dog-breeds-for-childminders-and-childcare-on-domestic-premises\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofsted and banned dog breeds for childminders and childcare on domestic premises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ofsted have confirmed their position regarding banned dog breeds in domestic childcare settings. They do not believe that banned breeds are compatible with childcare.<\/p>\n<p>This means any dog classified as a banned breed must be kept in an entirely separate area with no access to any space used by children when childcare takes place.<\/p>\n<p>Ofsted have worked with the Department for Education and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to reach this decision. Registration Guidance has been updated to reflect this.<\/p>\n<p>This impacts childminders and childcare on domestic premises providers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/childminders-and-childcare-providers-register-with-ofsted\/the-registration-visit\" rel=\"noopener\">Childminders and childcare providers: register with Ofsted &#8211; The registration visit &#8211; Guidance &#8211; GOV.UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To remove the risk to children. Providers already registered to provide childcare from a domestic premises where a banned breed of dog resides should contact Ofsted: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/childcare-significant-events-to-notify-ofsted-about\" rel=\"noopener\">Childcare: significant events to notify Ofsted about &#8211; GOV.UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inspectors will discuss the possible options available to providers and applicants as part of their work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ofsted have confirmed their position regarding banned dog breeds in domestic childcare settings. They do not believe that banned breeds are compatible with childcare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 02:24:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19441,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19439\/revisions\/19441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/eycs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}