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Bring photo ID to vote Check what photo ID you'll need to vote in person in the General Election on 4 July.
What providers need to know about initial teacher education (ITE) inspections and what they need to provide to Ofsted.
Data about Ofsted’s assurance visits to social care providers during our phased return to inspection.
Inspection data and information about the providers and places of children’s social care in England as well as inspections and inspection outcomes.
Information about the accessibility of the Ofsted Jobs website.
A guide for inspectors about physical intervention and restrictions of liberty.
Annual Ofsted report letters on the inspection work by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI).
Ofsted carried out a research project on knife crime in education. This report sets out our findings and recommendations.
Ofsted uses questionnaires to capture views about social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools and living with foster carers and adopters.
Data for inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2020 including data for inspections conducted between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020.
Guidance on using Ofsted's logos, plus copyright information.
Adopters and children data, including recruitment activity of adoptive families, adoption support, complaints and inter-country adoptions.
Amanda Spielman spoke about some of the issues in the teaching of relationships education and how we approach all kinds of equality issues.
This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 March 2025.
The six joint targeted area inspections will involve Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, HMI Constabulary and HMI Probation.
Early years inspection outcomes covering 1 September 2015 to 31 October 2015 and most recent inspection outcomes as at 31 October 2015.
Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.
New report says that last year around 80,000 eligible children did not take up their free place at an early years setting.
This note informs schools and inspectors of changes coming into effect before the education inspection framework (EIF) in September 2019.
The framework for Ofsted inspections of Cafcass (the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service).
Professor Julius Weinberg appointed next Chair of Ofsted.
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