Ofsted

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills in England. It inspects and regulates services that care for children and young people, and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages, ensuring standards are met and maintained.

Communication Overview

Total releases

Number of press releases published by this department during the last 12 months, based on publicly available announcements.

Avg per month

Average number of press releases published per calendar month over the last 12 months. This smooths short-term fluctuations in publishing activity.

3.1

Avg word count

Average length of published press releases, measured in words. Calculated only for months where content was published.

1404

Avg readability

Average Flesch Reading Ease score across all published press releases. Higher values indicate plainer English. Scores are indicative only and vary by subject matter.

28.8

Friday PM releases

Percentage of press releases published after 3pm on Fridays, relative to the department’s total output during the period.

Single-release items

Estimated proportion of announcements published once, without a closely related follow-up release during the same period. This is based on similarity of titles and timing.

100%

Metrics are descriptive only and indicate publication patterns rather than intent or impact.

Releases per month

Based on publicly published press releases (last 12 months)

609 articles

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Support for children with SEND who are not in school is inconsistent, inspectorates warn

Thursday, 11 December 2025

A report by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) finds that support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who...

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Ofsted annual report warns against ‘profiteering’ in children’s homes sector

Tuesday, 02 December 2025

Annual report sees great work being done by education and care professionals but there are concerns about the rapid growth in children’s homes, and ou...

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Ofsted confirms removal of headline judgement for inspections of local authorities’ children’s services

Thursday, 27 November 2025

Ofsted has today announced plans to reform inspections of local authorities’ children’s services across 2026 and 2027....

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Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2025 National Children and Adult Services Conference

Thursday, 27 November 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the annual National Children and Adult Services Conference in Bournemouth....

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Ofsted to pause national professional qualification (NPQ) inspections

Wednesday, 26 November 2025

The Secretary of State for Education has requested that we pause our routine inspections of national professional qualifications for the remainder of ...

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Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2025 Association of Colleges Annual Conference

Thursday, 20 November 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Association of Colleges Annual Conference in Birmingham....

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Martyn Oliver's speech at the Schools and Academies Show

Thursday, 20 November 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Schools and Academies Show in Birmingham....

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Martyn Oliver's speech at the Young Carers Futures Conference

Friday, 24 October 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Young Carers Futures Conference in London....

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Martyn Oliver's speech to the Confederation of School Trusts

Friday, 17 October 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Confederation of School Trusts 2025 annual conference in Birmingham....

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Armed Forces training of high standard, but too many trainees wasting time in holdover

Thursday, 02 October 2025

Ofsted has today published its 17th annual report on the effectiveness of care, welfare and training arrangements for recruits, trainees and officer c...

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Martyn Oliver's speech at the Childcare and Education Expo

Monday, 29 September 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Childcare and Education Expo in Coventry....

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Joint targeted area inspections to focus on child sexual abuse in the family environment

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Starting in the autumn of 2025, inspections will consider local areas’ multi-agency responses to child sexual abuse in the family environment. ...

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Ofsted confirms changes to education inspection and unveils new look report cards

Monday, 08 September 2025

Today, Ofsted has set out a renewed approach to education inspection that will give parents better and more detailed information, is fairer on profess...

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Urgent notification issued for Oakhill STC after inspectors find profound and systemic failures

Thursday, 31 July 2025

In response to the serious risk of harm to children, Ofsted, CQC and HMI Prisons have issued an urgent notification about Oakhill STC to the Secretary...

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Ofsted sets out measures to ensure steady and assured start to inspections under the renewed framework

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Ofsted has today announced several measures to reassure education providers about the November roll-out of inspections under the renewed inspection fr...

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Ofsted announces sector engagement programme to ready education providers for November start to inspections

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Ofsted has today announced a full programme of sector engagement to be launched in September when the final set of education inspection reforms are pu...

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Martyn Oliver's speech at the Festival of Education

Wednesday, 02 July 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Festival of Education....

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Ofsted publishes research on vulnerability commissioned from the National Children’s Bureau

Wednesday, 02 July 2025

The report looks at how Ofsted might consider vulnerability in the context of its inspection and regulation work. ...

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AI in education: how schools and further education colleges are making it work

Friday, 27 June 2025

A new report published today by Ofsted shares insights into how ‘early adopter’ schools and further education (FE) colleges across England are integra...

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Ofsted to strengthen inspections through new team structures

Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Following feedback from last year’s Big Listen and the recent consultation on inspection reform, Ofsted has today announced a new structure for inspec...

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Ofsted confirms September publication for consultation response, ahead of new look education inspections from November

Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Ofsted recently consulted on changes to education inspections and the introduction of a new report card. ...

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Improving the way services for young people with SEND are inspected

Friday, 06 June 2025

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today published the outcome of a review of the way local area services for children and young people...

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Experienced practitioners vital for educating youngest children

Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Delivering high-quality care and education for babies and toddlers takes skill and expertise, meaning experience and qualifications among early years ...

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Changes to social care inspections aimed at improving stability for vulnerable children

Friday, 04 April 2025

From today (Friday 4 April), Ofsted is making some important changes to the way children’s social care providers are inspected, aimed at improving sup...

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Careers guidance for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds ‘variable’ – new report

Tuesday, 01 April 2025

Careers guidance for post-16 students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds can vary in quality, a new report from Ofsted has found....

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Sir Martyn Oliver's speech at the Guildhall

Monday, 31 March 2025

Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke to educational leaders from the City of London and further afield. He talked about the importance of ed...

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Sir Martyn Oliver's speech to Parentkind

Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke to Parentkind on the role of parents in education....

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Independent research shows high parent support for Ofsted’s report card proposals

Wednesday, 26 March 2025

YouGov surveyed parents on new inspection report cards and found a majority support Ofsted’s proposals. In a speech to Parentkind, Sir Martyn Oliver s...

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