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Sir Hamid Patel appointed as interim Chair of Ofsted Board

Sir Hamid Patel appointed as interim Chair of Ofsted Board

Tuesday, 11 March 2025

Sir Hamid Patel has been appointed to serve as interim Chair of the Ofsted Board until a successor is found for Dame Christine Ryan, who announced in ...

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Curriculum quality improved in schools since education inspection framework introduced

Curriculum quality improved in schools since education inspection framework introduced

Thursday, 06 March 2025

Ofsted has today published an evaluation assessing the role that the current education inspection framework (EIF) has played in improving curriculum q...

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Martyn Oliver's speech at the Nursery World Business Summit

Martyn Oliver's speech at the Nursery World Business Summit

Wednesday, 05 March 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Nursery World Business Summit in London....

Homeless children need better information and independent advocacy to help understand their rights

Homeless children need better information and independent advocacy to help understand their rights

Tuesday, 25 February 2025

Ofsted has today published new research on how local authorities support homeless children aged 16 and 17....

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Martyn Oliver's speech at the Sixth Form Colleges Association

Martyn Oliver's speech at the Sixth Form Colleges Association

Wednesday, 05 February 2025

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) 2025 Winter Conference/AGM in London....

Ofsted launches point in time surveys

Ofsted launches point in time surveys

Tuesday, 04 February 2025

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

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Ofsted sets out proposals for fairer education inspections and new, more detailed report cards

Ofsted sets out proposals for fairer education inspections and new, more detailed report cards

Monday, 03 February 2025

Ofsted is consulting on a new approach to inspecting education providers and the introduction of report cards....

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New visits to understand how children with SEND who are 
not in school are supported

New visits to understand how children with SEND who are not in school are supported

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today published guidance for the next series of thematic visits looking at how well children with sp...

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Ofsted publishes Big Listen action monitoring report and announces trials of new inspection approach

Ofsted publishes Big Listen action monitoring report and announces trials of new inspection approach

Thursday, 19 December 2024

Ofsted has today published the first monitoring report on 132 commitments made in the Big Listen and the response to Dame Christine Gilbert’s independ...

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Ofsted publishes autumn school inspector training materials

Ofsted publishes autumn school inspector training materials

Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Ofsted has today published 3 additional recordings of school inspector training materials, following on from the first collection published earlier th...

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Longstanding weaknesses across SEND system impacting on young people’s transition to adulthood

Longstanding weaknesses across SEND system impacting on young people’s transition to adulthood

Monday, 16 December 2024

A report by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) finds that local areas are working hard to improve support for young people with SEND, but sy...

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Ofsted annual report: education and social care serving most children well, but system pressures bite for most disadvantaged

Ofsted annual report: education and social care serving most children well, but system pressures bite for most disadvantaged

Thursday, 05 December 2024

Most children are well-served by the education sector and, in social care, life-changing work is being done for children and young people every day. ...

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Chair of the Ofsted Board to step down next year

Chair of the Ofsted Board to step down next year

Friday, 29 November 2024

Ofsted Chair Dame Christine Ryan has informed the Secretary of State of her intention to step down from the board in 2025. ...

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Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2024 National Children and Adult Services Conference

Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2024 National Children and Adult Services Conference

Thursday, 28 November 2024

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

Ofsted to postpone initial teacher education inspection cycle

Ofsted to postpone initial teacher education inspection cycle

Wednesday, 27 November 2024

Ofsted has postponed the start to its next initial teacher education (ITE) inspection cycle until the 2025/26 academic year, following a request by th...

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Serious youth violence more far reaching than many realise

Serious youth violence more far reaching than many realise

Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Ofsted, the CQC, HMICFRS and HMI Probation have today published a report that finds serious youth violence is more far-reaching than many adults reali...

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Martyn Oliver at the AoC conference: working together to shape the future skills system

Martyn Oliver at the AoC conference: working together to shape the future skills system

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2024 annual conference of the Association of Colleges (AoC) in Birmingham....

Sir Martyn Oliver’s speech to the Confederation of School Trusts

Sir Martyn Oliver’s speech to the Confederation of School Trusts

Friday, 08 November 2024

A speech by Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, at the Confederation of School Trusts’ conference....

Ofsted publishes inspector training materials

Ofsted publishes inspector training materials

Tuesday, 05 November 2024

Ofsted has today published recordings of inspector training materials, as part of its commitment to being a more open and transparent organisation. ...

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Ofsted opens registrations for new childcare provider type

Ofsted opens registrations for new childcare provider type

Friday, 01 November 2024

Ofsted has today begun accepting applications for a new category of childcare provider, as part of a series of changes the Department for Education ha...

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Early years education too important to be left to chance

Early years education too important to be left to chance

Tuesday, 08 October 2024

Ofsted has today published the final part in its series of Best start in life research reviews relating to early years education....

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A strong foundation in Reception and key stage 1 sets children up for success

A strong foundation in Reception and key stage 1 sets children up for success

Tuesday, 08 October 2024

Ofsted has today published a report looking at how schools support children to develop the foundational knowledge and skills they need by the end of k...

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Sir Martyn Oliver’s speech at the NASS conference

Sir Martyn Oliver’s speech at the NASS conference

Friday, 04 October 2024

A speech by Ofsted's Chief Inspector at the National Association of Special Schools (NASS) conference....

Declining standards in young offender institutions

Declining standards in young offender institutions

Tuesday, 01 October 2024

Sir Martyn Oliver, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills, and Charlie Taylor, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Pr...

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Training for armed forces recruits continues to improve but new pilots face delays

Training for armed forces recruits continues to improve but new pilots face delays

Tuesday, 24 September 2024

Ofsted has today published its 16th annual report on the effectiveness of care and welfare arrangements for recruits, trainees and officer cadets (OCd...

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Ofsted publishes updates to school inspection handbooks

Ofsted publishes updates to school inspection handbooks

Monday, 16 September 2024

Ofsted has today published updates to its state-funded school inspection handbooks as well as its deferral, pausing and gathering additional evidence ...

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Joint targeted area inspections to focus on domestic abuse

Joint targeted area inspections to focus on domestic abuse

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Ofsted, CQC, HMICFRS and HMI Probation undertake a programme of thematic joint targeted area inspections (JTAI) and the inspectorates have today publi...

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Building a better Ofsted: the response to the Big Listen

Building a better Ofsted: the response to the Big Listen

Monday, 02 September 2024

Ofsted has published a detailed response to its ‘Big Listen’ consultation, setting out how the inspectorate will reset its relationship with the secto...

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Changes to children’s social care in England accredited official statistics

Changes to children’s social care in England accredited official statistics

Friday, 17 May 2024

We're making some changes to improve the data and commentary that we publish....

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Teachers’ access to high quality training variable and reliant on access to ‘Golden Thread’ reforms

Teachers’ access to high quality training variable and reliant on access to ‘Golden Thread’ reforms

Thursday, 16 May 2024

Ofsted has today published the findings from phase 2 of its independent review of teachers’ professional development in schools. ...

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