Archived government news
April 2024
Policy paper: Ofsted's approach to AI Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Open consultation: Ofsted Big Listen Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Transparency data: Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childc… Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Press release: New Ofsted report finds schools need to add depth to their R… Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Research: Subject report series: religious education Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Guidance: Inspecting schools: guide for maintained and academy schools Monday, 15 April 2024
Guidance: Accreditation visits to online providers handbook Thursday, 11 April 2024
Statistical data set: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes… Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Press release: Dame Christine Gilbert to lead independent review into Ofste… Monday, 08 April 2024
Guidance: Independent reviewer of Ofsted’s response to the death of Ruth Pe… Monday, 08 April 2024
Statistical data set: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: managem… Friday, 05 April 2024
The registration visit Friday, 05 April 2024
Childminders and childcare providers: register with Ofsted Friday, 05 April 2024
Press release: Fairness and transparency central to Ofsted’s updated compla… Friday, 05 April 2024
Guidance: Adoption support agencies: inspection documents Friday, 05 April 2024
Guidance: Residential family centres: documents for visits Friday, 05 April 2024
Form: Ofsted annual fostering data collection Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: Childcare and children's social care health declaration forms Monday, 01 April 2024
March 2024
Guidance: Children's social care providers: annual fees Sunday, 31 March 2024
Form: Become a children's social care provider: registration fee Sunday, 31 March 2024
Guidance: Children's social care providers: variation fees Sunday, 31 March 2024
Press release: Regional adoption practice strong, but challenges remain Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Guidance: Ofsted publications during pre-election silence Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Research: Regional adoption agencies – thematic inspection report Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Transparency data: Fostering recruitment and retention Monday, 25 March 2024
Transparency data: Data on children's homes managers Friday, 22 March 2024
Research: Five-Year Ofsted Inspection Data Friday, 22 March 2024
Open consultation: Ofsted Big Listen Thursday, 21 March 2024
Press release: Ofsted asks children for their help with the Big Listen Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: Ofsted inspections: what EY providers and practitioners need to k… Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Guidance: Guides for parents: how early years settings are inspected Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Transparency data: Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childc… Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Corporate report: Ofsted Board meetings 2023: minutes Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Official Statistics: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31… Thursday, 14 March 2024
Form: Fostering and adoption: seeking information from Ofsted Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Statistical data set: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: managem… Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Statistical data set: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes… Monday, 11 March 2024
Corporate report: Ofsted's response to the Education Select Committee Monday, 11 March 2024
Press release: Ofsted responds to the Education Select Committee report Monday, 11 March 2024
Speech: Sir Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2024 ASCL Annual Conference Friday, 08 March 2024
Press release: Ofsted chief will put disadvantaged children first, as he la… Friday, 08 March 2024
Open consultation: Ofsted Big Listen Friday, 08 March 2024
Guidance: IDSR: news and updates Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Guidance: School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Press release: Ofsted report shows reading has improved but writing and spo… Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Research: Subject report series: English Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Transparency data: Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2024 Friday, 01 March 2024
Guidance: Early years and childcare: Ofsted's enforcement policy Friday, 01 March 2024
Research: Ofsted’s thematic review of careers guidance: terms of reference Friday, 01 March 2024
February 2024
Guidance: Supported accommodation: Ofsted's enforcement policy Thursday, 29 February 2024
Guidance: Social care: Ofsted's enforcement policy Thursday, 29 February 2024
Press release: Ofsted confirms plans for inspecting supported accommodation Thursday, 29 February 2024
Research: Supported accommodation review: what matters most for children Thursday, 29 February 2024
Guidance: Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): supported accomm… Thursday, 29 February 2024
Consultation outcome: Proposals for inspecting supported accommodation Thursday, 29 February 2024
Consultation outcome: Children and young people’s consultation: Inspecting … Thursday, 29 February 2024
Nurseries and other daycare (childcare on non-domestic premises): registrat… Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Childminders and childcare providers: register with Ofsted Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Transparency data: Inspection outcomes of children's homes Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: Report changes to registered people in your nursery or other dayc… Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Guidance: Inspecting education, skills and work activities in prisons and y… Monday, 26 February 2024
Guidance: Become a childminder: pre-registration briefing Monday, 26 February 2024
Statistical data set: Ofsted Parent View: management information Friday, 23 February 2024
Press release: Personalised plans and trusting relationships the key to suc… Thursday, 22 February 2024
Research: Independent review of careers guidance in specialist settings Thursday, 22 February 2024
Guidance: Inspecting initial teacher education: leaflet for providers Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Guidance: Inspecting schools: guide for maintained and academy schools Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Guidance: Inspecting lead providers of the ECF and NPQ programmes Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Transparency data: Ofsted prompt payment data Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Transparency data: Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childc… Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Guidance: Inspecting non-association independent schools Monday, 19 February 2024
Statistical data set: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: managem… Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Statistical data set: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes… Monday, 12 February 2024
Guidance: Secure 16 to 19 academies Friday, 09 February 2024
New visits to understand how well children with SEND are prepared for adult… Thursday, 08 February 2024
Guidance: IDSR: news and updates Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Guidance: School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Ofsted statement for schools affected by RAAC Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Guidance: Social care surveys: guidance for providers Monday, 05 February 2024
Ofsted launches point-in-time surveys Monday, 05 February 2024
Guidance: Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): adoption support… Friday, 02 February 2024
Guidance: Inspecting Cafcass: framework Friday, 02 February 2024
Guidance: Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): voluntary adopti… Friday, 02 February 2024
Guidance: Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): residential fami… Friday, 02 February 2024
Form: Ofsted annual fostering data collection Thursday, 01 February 2024
Press release: Alternative provision needs urgent reform to help children a… Thursday, 01 February 2024
Guidance: Accreditation visits to online providers handbook Thursday, 01 February 2024
Guidance: Risk assessment methodology: early career framework and national … Thursday, 01 February 2024
January 2024
Guidance: Childminder agencies: inspection guidance Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Guidance: Carrying out Childcare Register compliance inspections Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Transparency data: Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2023 Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Guidance: Early career framework and national professional qualification in… Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Guidance: Initial teacher education (ITE) inspection framework and handbook Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Transparency data: Ofsted pen portraits of HM Majesty's Inspectors (HMIs) Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Guidance: Area SEND: framework and handbook Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Guidance: Area SEND inspections: information about ongoing inspections Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Statistical data set: Childcare providers and inspections: management infor… Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Guidance: Additional inspections of independent schools: handbook for inspe… Monday, 29 January 2024
Guidance: Ofsted inspections: what EY providers and practitioners need to k… Monday, 29 January 2024
Guidance: Further education and skills inspection handbook Friday, 26 January 2024
Guidance: Independent schools inspection handbook Friday, 26 January 2024
Guidance: School inspection handbook Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Guidance: Ofsted code of conduct Friday, 19 January 2024
Guidance: Pausing state-funded school inspections Friday, 19 January 2024
Guidance: School inspection handbook Friday, 19 January 2024
Guidance: Ofsted's handbooks and frameworks updates: January 2024 Friday, 19 January 2024
Guidance: Early years inspection handbook Friday, 19 January 2024
Corporate report: Prevention of Future Deaths Report (Regulation 28): Ofste… Friday, 19 January 2024
Press release: Ofsted responds to Prevention of Future Deaths report Friday, 19 January 2024
Transparency data: Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childc… Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Press release: Children with complex needs can wait years for a stable home Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Research: Good decisions: children with complex needs in children's homes Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Guidance: Inspecting Cafcass: framework Monday, 15 January 2024
Transparency data: Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2023 Thursday, 11 January 2024
Transparency data: Ofsted prompt payment data Thursday, 11 January 2024
Statistical data set: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: managem… Thursday, 11 January 2024
Statistical data set: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes… Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Guidance: Area SEND inspections: information about ongoing inspections Tuesday, 09 January 2024
Press release: School and further education inspections to begin from 22 Ja… Friday, 05 January 2024
Guidance: Inspecting local authority children's services Friday, 05 January 2024
Press release: School and further education inspections to begin from 22 Ja… Friday, 05 January 2024
Press release: Sir Martyn Oliver begins term at Ofsted with mental health a… Tuesday, 02 January 2024
Press release: Sir Martyn Oliver begins term at Ofsted with mental health a… Tuesday, 02 January 2024
December 2023
Guidance: Childcare protocols between Ofsted and other organisations Friday, 22 December 2023
Guidance: Glossary of terms: Ofsted statistics Thursday, 21 December 2023
Transparency data: Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childc… Thursday, 21 December 2023
Corporate report: Memorandum of understanding: independent schools Thursday, 21 December 2023
Guidance: Social care: apply to cancel registration as a provider or manage… Monday, 18 December 2023
Guidance: Introduction to adoption support agencies Monday, 18 December 2023
Childminders and childcare providers: register with Ofsted Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Registration exemptions Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Guidance: Registration exemptions Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Guidance: IDSR: news and updates Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Guidance: School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Statistical data set: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: managem… Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Guidance: Early career framework and national professional qualification in… Monday, 11 December 2023
Guidance: Initial teacher education (ITE) inspection framework and handbook Monday, 11 December 2023
Guidance: Area SEND: framework and handbook Monday, 11 December 2023
Guidance: Further education and skills inspection handbook Monday, 11 December 2023
Guidance: Additional inspections of independent schools: handbook for inspe… Monday, 11 December 2023
Statistical data set: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes… Monday, 11 December 2023
Statement from His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman Thursday, 07 December 2023
Speech: Amanda Spielman's speech at the 2023 National Children and Adult Se… Friday, 01 December 2023
Guidance: Accreditation visits to online providers handbook Friday, 01 December 2023
November 2023
Guidance: Early years and childcare: Ofsted's enforcement policy Thursday, 30 November 2023
Guidance: Childminder agencies: registration and suitability Thursday, 30 November 2023
Research: Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI): annual Ofsted report lett… Thursday, 30 November 2023
Transparency data: Ofsted: gender pay gap report and data 2023 Thursday, 30 November 2023
Research: Inspectorates of British schools overseas: annual Ofsted report l… Thursday, 30 November 2023
National Statistics: Fostering in England 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Correspondence: Education update for headteachers: academic year 2023 to 20… Friday, 24 November 2023
Research: Five-Year Ofsted Inspection Data Friday, 24 November 2023
Press release: Ofsted to implement changes to post-inspection process Friday, 24 November 2023
Consultation outcome: Changes to Ofsted’s post-inspection arrangements and … Friday, 24 November 2023
Statistical data set: Children’s social care data for the Ofsted Annual Rep… Thursday, 23 November 2023
Press release: Ofsted Annual Report: Steadily improving picture in educatio… Thursday, 23 November 2023
Corporate report: Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23: education, children’s servi… Thursday, 23 November 2023
Statistical data set: Area SEND inspections and outcomes in England: manage… Monday, 20 November 2023
Transparency data: Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2023 Friday, 17 November 2023
Official Statistics: Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 August 20… Friday, 17 November 2023
Official Statistics: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes … Friday, 17 November 2023
Speech: Amanda Spielman at the AoC Annual Conference 2023 Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Guidance: IDSR: news and updates Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Guidance: School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Transparency data: Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childc… Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Official Statistics: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31… Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Official Statistics: Non-association independent schools inspections and ou… Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Guidance: Apply to join a nursery or other daycare organisation (EY2) Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Guidance: Become a childminder: pre-registration briefing Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Guidance: Childcare: application review Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Statistical data set: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes… Friday, 10 November 2023
Statistical data set: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: managem… Friday, 10 November 2023
Lee Owston appointed as Ofsted’s new National Director, Education Thursday, 09 November 2023
Transparency data: Ofsted pen portraits of HM Majesty's Inspectors (HMIs) Thursday, 09 November 2023
National Statistics: Fostering in England 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Official Statistics: Initial teacher education: inspections and outcomes as… Wednesday, 08 November 2023
National Statistics: Fostering in England 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Official Statistics: Initial teacher education: inspections and outcomes as… Wednesday, 08 November 2023
Press release: Local agencies struggle to prioritise early help for childre… Tuesday, 07 November 2023
Research: School inspections: statistical commentaries 2022 to 2023 Tuesday, 07 November 2023
Research: The multi-agency response to children and families who need help Tuesday, 07 November 2023
Promotional material: Ofsted's role in regulating childcare: poster for par… Friday, 03 November 2023
Transparency data: Supported accommodation application datasets Thursday, 02 November 2023
Transparency data: Early career framework and national professional qualifi… Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Guidance: Inspecting lead providers of the ECF and NPQ programmes Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Transparency data: Ofsted prompt payment data Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Guidance: Early career framework and national professional qualification in… Wednesday, 01 November 2023
October 2023
Form: Ofsted annual fostering data collection Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Research: Further education and skills report: business education Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Press release: Education providers focus tutoring interventions on exam pre… Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Research: Independent review of tutoring in schools and 16 to 19 providers Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Press release: Education providers focus tutoring interventions on exam pre… Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Statistical data set: Ofsted Parent View: management information Friday, 27 October 2023
Guidance: Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children’s home or secu… Thursday, 26 October 2023
Guidance: Report a serious incident in a voluntary adoption agency Thursday, 26 October 2023
Guidance: Report a serious incident in an adoption support agency Thursday, 26 October 2023
Guidance: Report a serious incident in a residential holiday scheme for dis… Thursday, 26 October 2023
Guidance: Reporting serious incidents in a children’s social care service t… Thursday, 26 October 2023
Standard: Ofsted standards for official statistics Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Corporate report: Ofsted Audit and Risk Assurance Committee minutes Monday, 23 October 2023
Press release: Children in foster care feel safe where they live – Ofsted s… Thursday, 19 October 2023
Research: Children’s social care questionnaires 2023 Thursday, 19 October 2023
Transparency data: Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2023 Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Guidance: IDSR: news and updates Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Guidance: School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Statistical data set: Unregistered schools management information Wednesday, 18 October 2023
Transparency data: Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childc… Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Transparency data: Business expenses of senior Ofsted officials, including … Monday, 16 October 2023
Statistical data set: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: managem… Thursday, 12 October 2023
Press release: Sir Martyn Oliver confirmed as the next Ofsted chief inspect… Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Speech: Amanda Spielman’s speech to the Confederation of School Trusts, 202… Friday, 06 October 2023
Speech: Amanda Spielman’s speech to the Confederation of School Trusts, 202… Friday, 06 October 2023
Guidance: Introduction to children's homes Friday, 06 October 2023
Guidance: School inspection handbook Friday, 06 October 2023
Guidance: Independent schools inspection handbook Friday, 06 October 2023
Guidance: Early years inspection handbook Friday, 06 October 2023
Guidance: People connected with Ofsted-registered childcare Wednesday, 04 October 2023
September 2023
Press release: Most schools understand the need to promote technical and ac… Friday, 29 September 2023
Transparency data: Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2023 Friday, 29 September 2023
Research: Independent review of careers guidance in schools and further edu… Friday, 29 September 2023
Press release: Most schools understand the need to promote technical and ac… Friday, 29 September 2023
Guidance: Inspectors talking to pupils on inspection Thursday, 28 September 2023
Guidance: IDSR: news and updates Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Guidance: Joint targeted area inspections of the multi-agency response to s… Friday, 22 September 2023
Press release: Music teaching too variable in quality and often not given e… Thursday, 21 September 2023
Guidance: Childcare on domestic premises Thursday, 21 September 2023
Research: Subject report series: music Thursday, 21 September 2023
Guidance: Childcare on domestic premises Thursday, 21 September 2023
Transparency data: Fostering and adoption agency datasets Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Press release: Schools give enough time but need to focus on a broad PE cur… Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Research: Subject report series: PE Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Transparency data: Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childc… Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Press release: Geography teaching has improved significantly, but more focu… Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Guidance: Childcare protocols between Ofsted and other organisations Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Research: Subject report series: geography Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Guidance: Gathering additional evidence to secure an incomplete inspection Friday, 15 September 2023
Guidance: Rutland childminder agency closure: information for childminders Thursday, 14 September 2023
Transparency data: Ofsted workforce management information: 2023 Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Guidance: School inspection handbook Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Ofsted statement for schools affected by RAAC Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Guidance: Rutland childminder agency closure: information for childminders Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Statistical data set: State-funded school inspections and outcomes: managem… Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Guidance: Inspecting initial training for the Armed Forces Monday, 11 September 2023
Statistical data set: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes… Monday, 11 September 2023
National Statistics: Children’s social care data in England 2023 Friday, 08 September 2023
Research: Best start in life: a research review for early years Friday, 08 September 2023
Guidance: Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): voluntary adopti… Friday, 08 September 2023
Guidance: Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): residential fami… Friday, 08 September 2023
Research: Early years inspections: statistical commentaries 2022 to 2023 Thursday, 07 September 2023
Statistical data set: Non-association independent schools inspections and o… Wednesday, 06 September 2023