Register now for holiday staff

* Now is the time for anyone in England planning to set up a summer playscheme or recruit new staff to an existing scheme to begin the process of obtaining registration and checking new employees, says Ofsted. The inspection service has warned providers - including those running existing schemes from new premises - that they should not wait until June to apply for registration or delay the process of vetting new staff. An Ofsted spokeswoman said, 'Sufficient time needs to be allowed for checks to be carried out by other organisations such as the Criminal Records Bureau.