How to register if you're a childcare provider

If you're a childcare provider and you've never signed in before you must register first.

1. Select Register in the menu bar 

2. On the ‘Create your log in’ page, please provide:

• Your first name and surname.
• Your email address.
  You'll have been pre-registered with the email address that Ofsted supplied us.
• Choose a password.
  This must be at least 8 characters long and must include a number or symbol (!@#$%^*-_+=).
• Confirm your password.

3. Select Create Account.

Next you need to activate your account. Here's how:

4. Go to your email account. The email address that you registered with.

5. Look for an email from ‘Hertfordshire Directory’ with the subject: ‘Activate your account’.

6. Open this email and click the Activate your account link.

7. Once your account has been activated, you’ll receive another email with the subject: ‘Registration complete’.

If you can't see your childcare record when you sign in it might be because you've used a different email to the one we hold for you. Please contact us with your Ofsted number and the email you want to use.