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Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2024 to 2025.
Ofsted's variation fees for children’s social care services.
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse.
A toolkit containing guidance, data and other resources to support professionals who are helping families affected by parental alcohol and drug problems.
Legacy resources to support button battery safety and raise awareness produced for a product safety campaign during 2021.
How local authorities can deal with international child protection cases.
The Lampard Inquiry (formerly known as the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry) will examine deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2023.
Statutory guidance for LAs and professionals who support unaccompanied migrant children, who may be victims, or potential victims, of modern slavery.
Information on indicators of local authority early education services, and ways to compare an individual local authority to other local authorities.
Guidance for local authorities about extending Personal Adviser (PA) support to age 25.
How Ofsted regulates applicants and childcare services that are only on the Childcare Register.
Guidance for senior leaders on monitoring the provision of online safety education in schools and colleges.
This guidance, produced with Cambridge Family Law, aims to inform British nationals who are planning to have a child through international surrogacy.
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2026 to 2027.
Information about exception requests to adopt children from countries with special restrictions.
A framework to help social care and criminal justice agencies keep looked-after children out of the criminal justice system.
Guidance for providers on registering a children’s home with Ofsted when the care and accommodation is provided in more than one building.
How to confirm a measles diagnosis, manage cases and contacts, control infection, and vaccinate young or partially-covered patients.
A list of promises for central and local government to make to young people moving out of care and into adulthood.
Guidance for childminder agencies on registering with Ofsted, including the process, fees and requirements. It sets out the legal background and the extent of our regulatory powers.
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