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Guidance for Ofsted inspectors when they find separation by sex on an inspection.
Guidance for Ofsted inspectors in carrying out full joint inspections of youth offending work.
Information about the accessibility of the Ofsted Jobs website.
Advice notes from Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI to the Secretary of State for Education on unregistered schools.
Guidance for inspectors on carrying out joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of local area services, and links to the inspection reports.
Advice note for an independent schools emergency inspection - welfare only.
The letter of notice, pre-inspection form and case list form for adoption support agencies inspections.
Ofsted's policy on carrying out directed surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 to prevent or detect a crime.
Guidance for social care providers about distributing the 2024 annual surveys and a promotional poster that they can use.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a voluntary adoption agency.
The letter of notice and Annex A (request for information) for residential holiday schemes for disabled children inspections.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an adoption support agency.
The letter of notice and form to complete (RAA A1) for thematic regional adoption agency inspections.
Advice note from Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI to the Secretary of State for Education on school inspections in Tower Hamlets.
This is a letter sent to parents and carers about independent school inspections at the time of inspection.
Guidance to help Ofsted staff in their work. It complements the protocol with the Women’s Aid Federation.
Briefing note for magistrates and magistrates’ courts explaining the legal framework for Ofsted’s regulation and inspection of childcare.
Ofsted has commissioned an independent reviewer to lead an independent learning review of its response to the death of Ruth Perry.
The risk assessment process that Ofsted uses to assist in scheduling inspections of initial teacher education (ITE) providers.
Advice notes from pre-registration inspections of proposed free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges that Ofsted carried out in 2020 at the request of the Secretary of State for Education.
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