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The Secretary of State has allowed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector to temporarily suspend all routine inspections of schools, further education, early years and social care providers.
HM Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman speaks at the ResearchEd event.
A new report by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel calls for improvements to the safeguarding system.
Yvette Stanley shares what a sample of consistently good and outstanding children’s homes do to maintain their success.
Findings from our joint targeted area inspections of ‘the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment’ summarised in report published today.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman discusses the quality of education, training and care services in England at the launch of Ofsted's Annual Report today.
This year's annual report finds the overall quality of education and care in England is good and improving, but chief inspector warns against complacency.
Over the holiday period, the FCO is reminding people where they can access support if they, or those they know, have been affected.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and professionals involved.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock spoke at the Royal Society to mark the opening of 8 new FGM support clinics across the country.
Five Country Ministerial meeting concludes with commitments to work together on emerging threats.
Key allies meet to agree joint action to counter current and emerging security threats.
Ofsted has published guidance for inspectors for new series of joint inspections focusing on children’s mental health.
How Manchester city council identified gaps and offered training to prepare social workers for the NAAS assessment.
Up to 40 new areas will benefit from £15 million to expand promising innovative approaches to keeping families safely together.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Communities Secretary confirms new local authorities will be created to improve the delivery of services.
£84m for projects that support families, marking 30th anniversary of the Children Act
Ofsted will be operating a limited period of pre-election silence for local elections. As a result we will delay publication of some inspection reports until after 3 May 2019.
Ofsted has published a new joint inspection framework for secure training centres (STCs) that promises to focus even more closely on those are judged inadequate.
Amanda Spielman discusses Ofsted's report on knife crime. The report looks at exclusions, working with agencies and education about staying safe.
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