Welcome to City of York Council’s Parent and Provider Portal

Parents and Carers can use this portal to:

• Apply for free school meals
• Apply for a school place
• Search for Ofsted registered childcare and services

To apply for school transport visit https://www.york.gov.uk/TransportToSchoolOrCollege 

Providers can use this portal to:

• Update their information
• Submit funding claims

Ofsted Childcare and Family Service Directory


Search for Ofsted registered childcare and local and national services providing information, advice and support to families, children and young people using the search below.

For further information about childcare including the different types of childcare, things to look out for when choosing childcare, FREE brokerage service and more visit Raise York https://www.raiseyork.co.uk/childcare 

If you are looking for childcare outside of the City of York Council you can use the Family and Childcare Trust Childcare Finder. This website links together all of the Family Information Services in England and Wales to make it quick and easy to find childcare wherever you live.

Neighbouring Family Information Service's to York are:

North Yorkshire County Council

East Riding

Leeds City Council

If you can't find what you are looking for, or have any questions contact York Family Information Service on 01904 554444, fis@york.gov.uk or the Young People's Survival Guide on 01904 555400, YPSG@york.gov.uk

Visit the Raise York website for information aimed at families, children, young people and practitioners https://www.raiseyork.co.uk/ 


What's On Christmas and Winter 2023 (Opens in New Window)

Find out what's on this Christmas and Winter in York!

Holiday Activities with Food 2023 (Opens in New Window)

Find out more information about the Holiday Activities with Food programme and where to use your voucher to access FREE exciting activities with food. 

Add your Activity, Group or Service to the directory (Opens in New Window)

Add your activity, group or service aimed at children, young people and families for FREE!

Update your Childcare, activity, group or service information (Opens in New Window)

Log in to the Provider Portal to update your childcare, activity, group or service information
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Search for activity, group or service by name

Search the York Family Service Directory by provider name.

Activities and Things to Do

Things to do in York for children, families and young people (including inclusive activities)

Armed Forces

Services and support for armed forces families

Baby and Toddler Groups

Low cost, under 5 parent/carer toddler groups

Childcare Search

Ofsted registered childcare in York

Children's Centres

What is happening at York Children's Centres

Disabilites and Additional Needs

Local and national support services for children, young people and their parents/carers.

Education, Employment and Training

Advice and support services

Emotional Health and Wellbeing

Support services, peer groups, helplines and more

Family Health

Health support and drop-ins in York

General Advice and Support

Search by category for advice and support

Ofsted Website (Opens in New Window)

Search for Ofsted childcare reports

Refugees

Advice and support for refugee families

Family and Parenting

Information and support for York families

Travellers

Advice and support for Traveller families

Young People

Services and support for 16-25 year olds
 
 

Choosing a service—what you need to know

It is very important that you carefully consider which services you would like to use and which would be suitable for you. When you decide to contact a service take some time to find out about them to make sure they are safe to use. To help you choose services safely we have made this short guide. Please also read the York Family Information Service disclaimer.