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Guidance on how Ofsted inspects boarding schools and residential special schools.

Information for social care providers and managers on how to register with Ofsted and about the registration process.

When and how to register with Ofsted if you want to open or manage a children's home or secure children's home.

Ofsted guidance on inspecting maintained schools and academies in England under the education inspection framework.

Guidance for providers on registering a children’s home with Ofsted when the care and accommodation is provided in more than one building.

Guidance on how Ofsted inspects voluntary adoption agencies.

Information for families about inspections of local area services for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

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

Ofsted guidance for inspectors about how to inspect initial training for the UK Armed Forces relating to welfare and duty of care.

Guidance for inspectors on inspecting teaching of the protected characteristics during school inspections.

Ofsted has been asked by the government to carry out a thematic survey of how well providers are developing and delivering Skills Bootcamps programmes.

Handbook for inspecting education, skills and work activities in prisons and young offender institutions.

Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.

Guidance for childminders, nannies, nurseries and people providing other childcare on when/if you need to register with Ofsted, the process, fees and requirements.

How to register if you want to look after children at home, including what you need to do before you apply, fees, and working elsewhere.

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.

Find out when you must apply to register if you want to set up a nursery, or other daycare organisation for children.

Find out when you must apply to register if you want to look after other people's children in your home or someone else's home.

Ofsted will carry out an independent review of tutoring in schools and 16 to 19 providers, following these terms of reference.

Ofsted has been asked by the government to carry out an independent review of two key catch-up reforms: tutoring and teachers’ professional development.

Ofsted will carry out an independent review of teachers’ professional development, following these terms of reference.

Ofsted will carry out an independent review of tutoring in schools and 16 to 19 providers, following these terms of reference.

Ofsted will carry out an independent review of teachers’ professional development, following these terms of reference.

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

This data is published fortnightly. It gives the number of registered early years and childcare providers reporting one or more confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) by week.

When and how to register with Ofsted if you want to open or manage a children's home or secure children's home.

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.

Management information aggregating in-year and most recent inspections and outcomes.