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The letter of notice, pre-inspection form and case list form for adoption support agencies inspections.
Guidance for Ofsted inspectors on talking to pupils during school inspections.
Briefing note for magistrates and magistrates’ courts explaining the legal framework for Ofsted’s regulation and inspection of childcare.
How Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will conduct thematic visits to local areas to look at alternative provision.
Daniel Muijs, Ofsted’s Deputy Director, Research and Evaluation, shares some remote learning tips, based on research and visits to schools and colleges.
A guide to the use, storage and sharing of information about children in care homes.
Advice for social care providers about how they may arrange for Ofsted inspectors to review records held on electronic systems.
Guidance on the registration of an independent fostering agency branch.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
This accessibility statement is for our 'tell Ofsted about a serious childcare incident' digital service.
How Ofsted will work with other organisations.
Annex A form for residential family centres to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects voluntary adoption agencies.
Letter that Ofsted sends to independent fostering agencies giving notice of inspection and asking for particular information.
Joint targeted area inspection guidance on the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment.
Guidance for inspectors on carrying out joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of local area services on children's mental health.
The letter of notice and form for further education college residential provision inspections from March 2023.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects secure 16 to 19 academies.
This accessibility statement is for our digital service to tell us about new adults in the home.
Guidance for inspectors on carrying out joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of local area services, and links to the inspection reports.
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