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Tuesday, 02 February 2021
All planned inspection activity will be carried out remotely until March 8 at the earliest....
Monday, 25 January 2021
A new report from Ofsted has found that pupils' engagement and motivation remains a significant challenge for schools providing remote education. ...
Monday, 11 January 2021
Ofsted has published some advice to help school and college leaders and teachers develop their remote education offer. ...
Monday, 04 January 2021
From the end of January 2021, childminders, nurseries and all other childcare providers must use an online notification form to tell us about signific...
Friday, 18 December 2020
Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), and Care Quality Commission (CQC) have issued an urgent notification for Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre....
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Ofsted publishes the third and final set of reports looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people. ...
Wednesday, 09 December 2020
A new joint report shows that more children with mental health needs are getting the right support at the right time....
Friday, 04 December 2020
Ofsted will carry out a survey to report on the implementation of T levels and the T-level transition programme in their first 2 years of operation....
Thursday, 03 December 2020
Ofsted’s return to inspection in 2021 will happen in phases, with no graded inspections for education or social care providers planned before the summ...
Tuesday, 01 December 2020
The Chief Inspector of Education and Children’s Social Care has warned that the invisibility of vulnerable children as a result of the COVID-19 pandem...
Tuesday, 01 December 2020
The Chief Inspector spoke at the launch of Ofsted's 2019 to 2020 Annual Report on education, children's services and skills....
Thursday, 12 November 2020
The number of fostering places and carers only increased slightly this year, despite demand being at its highest, new data shows. ...
Thursday, 12 November 2020
A new approach to inspecting early years providers will give good and outstanding providers more consistency while prioritising providers rated less t...
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Ofsted has today published its second report on the effects of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic across the sectors it inspects and regulates....
Friday, 06 November 2020
Ofsted's Chief Inspector gave a speech at the online National Children and Adult Services (NCAS) Conference....
Friday, 06 November 2020
Ofsted’s study highlights the importance of getting foster matches right for children’s futures, as well as keeping foster carers in the system. ...
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
We've launched a new consultation on how we plan to inspect Cafcass from 2021: stakeholders can give their views until 11 November. ...
Tuesday, 06 October 2020
Ofsted has published the first reports on how schools and children’s homes are addressing the needs of children at this time....
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Ofsted has published new research looking at subcontractors in the further education and skills sector....
Friday, 11 September 2020
Ofsted and the National Governance Association (NGA) publish a study that shows the business of school governance has continued throughout the COVID-1...
Wednesday, 09 September 2020
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will start carrying out visits to local areas from October. ...
Wednesday, 02 September 2020
Ofsted will be visiting schools and further education and skills providers this autumn term....
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Amanda Spielman will chair a new board committee at Ofqual until the end of 2020....
Monday, 17 August 2020
Ofsted will begin visits to local authorities and children's social care providers from September 2020....
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
Ofsted will start carrying out visits to some nurseries and childminders from September 2020. ...
Thursday, 23 July 2020
Ofsted has published statistics on private and voluntary providers of children’s homes and independent fostering agencies (IFAs)....
Thursday, 16 July 2020
Ofsted revises post-inspection processes and complaints handling to bring about greater consistency across its work. ...
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
The latest YouGov survey, published on the same day as our annual report and accounts, found that Ofsted's inspection reports are well-received by par...
Thursday, 09 July 2020
Ofsted and CQC will visit local areas to support strengthening special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) systems in the wake of the COVID-19 p...
Wednesday, 08 July 2020
We have closed the Ofsted Online site today as replacement web pages are now fully operational. ...
Home Office New rules on police requesting counselling notes come into force
Disclosure and Barring Service DBS launches new Customer Satisfaction Survey to improve services
Central Arbitration Committee How to submit applications and complaints to the CAC
HM Revenue & Customs 65% rise in Self Assessment payments via the HMRC app
Home Office £600,0000 available to support Windrush compensation claimants
Groceries Code Adjudicator Complete the 2026 groceries sector survey
Department for Work and Pensions DWP Secretary of State appoints Skills Adviser