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These reports look into reliable and valid methods for inspectors to assess the quality of education using lesson observation and workbook scrutiny.
This research looks at teachers’ awareness of, and views about off-rolling. It was carried out by YouGov for Ofsted.
This report sets out the arguments and evidence for keeping Ofsted's existing 4-point grading system.
An overview of Ofsted’s work to review the implementation of the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
Ofsted uses questionnaires to capture views about social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools and living with foster carers and adopters.
This short findings paper provides deeper insight into the data collected from Ofsted's research programme.
Regulatory Policy Committee opinion on Ofsted’s non-qualifying regulatory provision assurance statement.
This research sets out what we have done in phase 3 of our research into the quality of curriculum in schools.
Ofsted research into the curriculum on level 2 study programmes.
Annual Ofsted report letters on the quality of inspections and reports by the School Inspection Service (SIS).
Ofsted looks at the actions primary schools are taking to reduce childhood obesity.
This report examines the multi-agency response to older children who are living with neglect following 6 inspections of local authority areas.
This paper discusses 6 lesson observation models presented at an international Ofsted seminar in 2017.
Experiences of children’s homes and foster carers.
The panel lets parents of children who are school-aged or younger give their views and shape how Ofsted works. Find out how to join and read the annual report.
This report looks at the Reception curriculum in successful schools and how well it prepared 4 and 5 year olds for the rest of their education and beyond.
Provider types (and full EYR inspection judgements where applicable) for those joining the EYR and full EYR judgements for those who left the EYR, between October 2014 and September 2017.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission inspect how well local areas fulfill their 'Special educational needs and disability code of practice' duties.
This report examined the multi-agency response to children living with domestic abuse.
Submissions to NHS Digital of 24, 27 and 30 month Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ-3) as part of the 2 to 2.5 year health check.
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