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Guidance for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres, and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.

Management information published monthly, and a one-off publication of inspections and outcomes from 2005 to 2015.

Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019

This report details the names and addresses for childminders and childcare on domestic premises, where the provider has consented for their name and address to be published on the Ofsted inspection report website.

How we inspect agencies that provide fostering for adoption services.

How an inspection is scheduled and who makes up the team.

What happens during an inspection.

The criteria that inspectors use to make judgements, including benchmarks of what good looks like.

Download the independent fostering agencies framework in PDF format.

Information about what Ofsted will publish during the pre-election period running from November 6 to December 13 2019.

Management information published monthly, and a one-off publication of inspections and outcomes from 2005 to 2015.

Ofsted is launching a new research project to look at the subcontracting landscape within further education (FE).

Guidance and a suggested template for local authorities and independent fostering agencies to use when sending fostering data to Ofsted.

Management information published annually in the interests of transparency.

Management information on unregistered schools in England, from 1 January 2016 onwards.

Management information published monthly, and a one-off publication of inspections and outcomes from 2005 to 2015.

Management information of inspections that took place from 2014, published in the interest of transparency.

Updates for inspectors and stakeholders with the latest information and guidance about Ofsted's inspection work in schools.

The HMI pen portraits give a biographical summary of individuals’ expertise, including their experience and qualifications.

Our privacy notices set out what data we collect, what we do with it, how long we keep it for and your rights under the Data Protection Act 2018.

Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and professionals involved.

Ofsted uses questionnaires to capture views about social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools and living with foster carers and adopters.

This document provides guidance to help Ofsted inspectors in carrying out additional inspections of independent schools.

Ofsted guidance on inspecting non-association independent schools in England under the education inspection framework.

All inspections and providers at 31 December 2018.

This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 March 2019.

This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 August 2018.

Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.