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Use Five-Year Ofsted Inspection Data to explore inspection data for children’s social care, early years, further education and skills, non-association independent schools, initial teacher education providers and state-funded schools.
Ofsted today announced that it will implement all 4 changes proposed in its recent consultation on post-inspection arrangements and complaints handling.
This is a consultation on proposed changes to our post-inspection arrangements, including how we handle complaints about our work.
Social care data to accompany the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23.
This year’s Annual Report from Ofsted concludes there are reasons for optimism, as education and children’s social care continue to recover from the lingering impact of the pandemic restrictions.
Ofsted's Annual Report presents our findings for the areas we inspect in early years childcare, schools, further education and skills and social care.
Management information for area SEND.
Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2023.
This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 August 2023.
Data for inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2023 including data for inspections conducted between 1 September 2022 and 31 August 2023.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector spoke at the annual conference of the Association of Colleges (AoC) in Birmingham.
News and information about updates for each inspection data summary report (IDSR) release, including any new functionality, features and bug fixes.
This guide provides an overview of the inspection data summary report (IDSR) for primary and secondary schools, including schools with a sixth form and gives guidance on interpreting the data.
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.
Provisional data for the period January to August 2023 and revised data for the period September to December 2022
Provisional data for the period 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023.
Provisional data for the period 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023.
You must apply to Ofsted if you want to take up a governance position in a daycare organisation, or if you start living or working in a home where daycare takes place.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for childminders.
Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.
Management information for further education and skills, showing in-year and most recent inspection outcomes.
Management information aggregated and published monthly, and publications of inspections and outcomes from 2005 to 2015 and 2015 to 2019.
Ofsted has appointed a new National Director, Education with Lee Owston stepping into the role on 1 January 2024.
The HMI pen portraits give a biographical summary of individuals’ expertise, including their experience and qualifications.
Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
Official statistics covering outcomes from initial teacher education inspections in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
Official statistics covering outcomes from initial teacher education inspections in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
Ofsted, the CQC and HMICFRS have published a joint report on the multi-agency response to children and families who need help.
Commentaries on school inspection data.
This report examines the multi-agency response to children and families who need help, using information from 5 inspections of local authority areas.
Childcare services can display this poster. It has information about our responsibilities and how parents can contact us.
This data includes the figures on applications accepted as 'complete' by Ofsted for supported accommodation providers.
Outcomes of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) inspections and monitoring visits between September 2022 and August 2023.
Information for lead providers about what happens when Ofsted carries out early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) inspections.
Data on how long it takes Ofsted to pay invoices.
The framework and handbook for inspecting lead providers of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) programmes in England.
Guidance and a suggested template for local authorities and independent fostering agencies to use when sending fostering data to Ofsted.
This report looks at business education curriculums, focusing on general classroom-based and work-based business curriculums, from levels 2 to 7.
Ofsted has published phase 2 of its independent review of the government’s tutoring programme in schools and 16-19 education providers.
Ofsted's independent review of tutoring in schools and 16 to 19 providers.
Ofsted has published phase 2 of its independent review of the government’s tutoring programme in schools and 16-19 education providers.
Management information published 3 times a year in the interests of transparency.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children’s home or secure children’s home.
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