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Details of a push to combat sexual exploitation of children in care.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Briefings on education recovery and how schools, prisons, early years providers and further education and skills providers are responding to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ofsted seeks your views on our proposals for changes to the education inspection framework from September 2019.
Ofsted publishes the third and final set of reports looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people.
Letter that Ofsted sends to independent fostering agencies giving notice of inspection and asking for particular information.
Ofsted report shows that consistently good or better teaching, learning and assessment has never been more significant for learners in FE.
Annex A form for boarding and residential special schools to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
How Ofsted and the Department for Education (DfE) will work together.
Data for inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2023 including data for inspections conducted between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023.
How to refer a possible unregistered school to Ofsted for investigation.
An investigation into multi-academy trusts: how their central vision and approaches influence day-to-day practice in schools and their impact.
Ofsted has appointed a new National Director, Education with Lee Owston stepping into the role on 1 January 2024.
Ofsted research into the curriculum on level 2 study programmes.
Ofsted has published the latest in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum. Today’s review looks at English.
Ofsted's Annual Report examines the quality of schools, early years, children's social care and further education and skills.
A headteacher and her father were today (11 October) sentenced for running an unregistered school in south London.
A report on what ‘complex needs’ means to local authority and children’s home staff and how they support children with these needs.
How schools improve and maintain attendance using different approaches.
Ofsted's Annual Report presents our findings for the areas we inspect in early years childcare, schools, further education and skills and social care.
An overview of Ofsted’s work to review the implementation of the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
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