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Correspondence: Education update for headteachers: academic year 2023 to 2024

This newsletter provides headteachers and school leaders with developments that are taking place in inspection policy.

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Research: Five Year Ofsted Inspection Data

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.

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Press release: Ofsted to implement changes to post inspection process

Ofsted today announced that it will implement all 4 changes proposed in its recent consultation on post-inspection arrangements and complaints handling.

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Consultation outcome: Changes to Ofsted’s post inspection arrangements and complaints handling: proposals 2023

This is a consultation on proposed changes to our post-inspection arrangements, including how we handle complaints about our work.

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Statistical data set: Children’s social care data for the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23

Social care data to accompany the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23.

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Press release: Ofsted Annual Report: Steadily improving picture in education and care, but ‘social contract’ remains fractured

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.

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Corporate report: Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23: education, children’s services and skills

Ofsted's Annual Report presents our findings for the areas we inspect in early years childcare, schools, further education and skills and social care.

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Statistical data set: Area SEND inspections and outcomes in England: management information summer term 2022 to 2023

Management information for area SEND.

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Transparency data: Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2023

Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2023.

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Official Statistics: Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 August 2023

This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 August 2023.

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Official Statistics: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes 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.

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Speech: Amanda Spielman at the AoC Annual Conference 2023

Ofsted's Chief Inspector spoke at the annual conference of the Association of Colleges (AoC) in Birmingham.

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Guidance: IDSR: news and updates

News and information about updates for each inspection data summary report (IDSR) release, including any new functionality, features and bug fixes.

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Guidance: School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide

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.

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Transparency data: Consented addresses for childminders and domestic childcare

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.

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Official Statistics: State funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2023

Provisional data for the period January to August 2023 and revised data for the period September to December 2022

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Official Statistics: Non association independent schools inspections and outcomes in England: August 2023

Provisional data for the period 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023.

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Official Statistics: Non association independent schools inspections and outcomes in England: August 2023

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Provisional data for the period 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023.

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Guidance: Apply to join a nursery or other daycare organisation (EY2)

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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.

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Guidance: Become a childminder: pre registration briefing

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This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for childminders.

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Guidance: Childcare: application review

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Guidance for applicants on what to expect from Ofsted during the childcare application review process.

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Statistical data set: Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information from September 2023 to August 2024

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Management information for further education and skills, showing in-year and most recent inspection outcomes.

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Statistical data set: State funded school inspections and outcomes: management information

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Management information aggregated and published monthly, and publications of inspections and outcomes from 2005 to 2015 and 2015 to 2019.

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Lee Owston appointed as Ofsted’s new National Director, Education

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Ofsted has appointed a new National Director, Education with Lee Owston stepping into the role on 1 January 2024.

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Transparency data: Ofsted pen portraits of HM Majesty's Inspectors (HMIs)

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

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National Statistics: Fostering in England 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

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Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

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Official Statistics: Initial teacher education: inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2023

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Official statistics covering outcomes from initial teacher education inspections in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.

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National Statistics: Fostering in England 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

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Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

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Official Statistics: Initial teacher education: inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2023

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Official statistics covering outcomes from initial teacher education inspections in the 2022 to 2023 academic year.

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Press release: Local agencies struggle to prioritise early help for children and families

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Ofsted, the CQC and HMICFRS have published a joint report on the multi-agency response to children and families who need help.

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Research: School inspections: statistical commentaries 2022 to 2023

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Commentaries on school inspection data.

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Research: The multi agency response to children and families who need help

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This report examines the multi-agency response to children and families who need help, using information from 5 inspections of local authority areas.

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Promotional material: Ofsted's role in regulating childcare: poster for parents

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

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Transparency data: Supported accommodation application datasets

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This data includes the figures on applications accepted as 'complete' by Ofsted for supported accommodation providers.

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Transparency data: Early career framework and national professional qualification inspections and monitoring visits between September 2022 and August 2023

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Outcomes of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) inspections and monitoring visits between September 2022 and August 2023.

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Guidance: Inspecting lead providers of the ECF and NPQ programmes

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Information for lead providers about what happens when Ofsted carries out early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) inspections.

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Transparency data: Ofsted prompt payment data

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Data on how long it takes Ofsted to pay invoices.

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Guidance: Early career framework and national professional qualification inspection framework and handbook

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The framework and handbook for inspecting lead providers of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) programmes in England.

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Form: Ofsted annual fostering data collection

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

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Research: Further education and skills report: business education

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This report looks at business education curriculums, focusing on general classroom-based and work-based business curriculums, from levels 2 to 7.

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Press release: Education providers focus tutoring interventions on exam preparation

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Ofsted has published phase 2 of its independent review of the government’s tutoring programme in schools and 16-19 education providers.

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Research: Independent review of tutoring in schools and 16 to 19 providers

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Ofsted's independent review of tutoring in schools and 16 to 19 providers.

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Press release: Education providers focus tutoring interventions on exam preparation

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Ofsted has published phase 2 of its independent review of the government’s tutoring programme in schools and 16-19 education providers.

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Statistical data set: Ofsted Parent View: management information

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Management information published 3 times a year in the interests of transparency.

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Guidance: Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children’s home or secure children’s home

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Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children’s home or secure children’s home.

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