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Ofsted's 2015 report on early years reveals that early education is better than ever, but an attainment gap still remains.
These updates for inspectors and stakeholders contain information and guidance about Ofsted's inspection work in schools.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector at the National Children and Adult Services (NCASC) annual conference.
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw's speech about school standards in Lancashire and across England.
Amanda Spielman spoke about the response to the consultation on the education inspection framework and what the new framework means for governors.
A review to assess the early implementation of T levels and the T-level transition programme (TLTP).
Documents relating to Ofsted's inspections of initial teacher education providers.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) want to change the way we inspect services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This consultation asks children and young people w…
Ofsted has today published updated inspection handbooks for all our education remits.
Ofsted finds that too many young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities are poorly prepared for adult life.
Ofsted has been asked by government to inspect all schools and further education (FE) providers by summer 2025, to give a quicker assessment of how well education is recovering from the pandemic.
HM Inspectors are mounting a wave of no notice inspections of schools across every region in England.
Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and professionals involved.
Sir Michael Wilshaw, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, has made a statement on the wearing of the full veil in schools.
Local authorities were misled into paying thousands of pounds of public money for children to be educated in an unsafe unregistered school, following Ofsted’s investigation.
The report summarises how 3 local authorities and 11 schools have been working to meet the needs of Roma children from Eastern Europe.
This document contains the following information: Ofsted departmental report 2005 to 2006.
Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019
Documents relating to Ofsted's inspections of early career framework and national professional qualifications programmes.
Ofsted reports improvement in the quality of assessment for vulnerable children.
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