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This year’s Annual Report from Ofsted concludes there are reasons for optimism, as education and children’s social care continue to recover from the lingering impact of the pandemic restrictions.
Guidance for providers, social workers and placement commissioners on placing children, subject to a deprivation of liberty order (DoL), in unregistered settings.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a residential family centre.
Findings from online surveys on parents' awareness and perceptions of Ofsted. Surveys conducted by YouGov on behalf of Ofsted.
Provisional data for the period January to August 2023 and revised data for the period September to December 2022
An operational note for Ofsted inspectors who are carrying out summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts (MATs), also known as ‘trusts’.
You must tell Ofsted when anyone aged 16 or over stops living or working in the home where you look after children.
Ofsted has published the fifth in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum. The latest review looks at geography education.
Ofsted’s guidance on quality assurance of online providers under the Online Education Accreditation Scheme.
Situations when we can put your application on hold.
Ofsted has published the outcome of the consultation on its new education inspection framework, which will take effect from September 2019.
Guidance for inspecting how well local areas support children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Ofsted has published the latest in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum. Today’s review looks at physical education (PE).
Today Ofsted has published a commentary on inspection outcomes for previously exempt outstanding schools reinspected in 2021/22.
Ofsted's National Director, Social Care, Eleanor Schooling discusses effective practices to safeguard disabled children.
A collection of Ofsted's Annual Reports, which set out our findings for the areas we inspect.
A report about the experiences of children and young people with SEND and their families during the pandemic, in the context of the SEND reforms over the last 10 years.
The framework and handbook for inspecting lead providers of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) programmes in England.
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to children living with domestic abuse, and links to the inspection reports.
Ofsted survey report examining what works best in secondary schools to improve literacy across the curriculum.
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