Social care: Ofsted's enforcement policy
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate children's social care establishments and agencies explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Applies to England
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This policy explains how we regulate certain types of children’s social care. It also sets out:
- our powers under the law
- what actions we can take if providers are not following the regulations
- what we may do if we find out about unregistered provision
Updates to this page
Last updated 30 April 2024 + show all updates
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See 'Summary of changes'.
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See 'Summary of Changes'.
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Updated with information about children’s homes that are also registered by the DfE as independent schools or approved as non-maintained special schools.
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Reviewed the content to make it more accessible and user-friendly (no change to our enforcement powers and general approach to regulation). See 'Summary of changes' for details.
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First published.