Childcare providers: telling Ofsted about significant events
From the end of January 2021, childminders, nurseries and all other childcare providers must use an online notification form to tell us about significant events.…
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Letter from Amanda Spielman to the Secretary of State for Justice about Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector sets out the intention to invoke the urgent notification process for Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre, along with findings from recent visits. Documents…
Inspectorates – urgent action needed at Rainsbrook
Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), and Care Quality Commission (CQC) have issued an urgent notification for Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre. Urgent action must be…
Social care questionnaires 2020: what children and young people told Ofsted
Ofsted uses questionnaires to capture views about social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools and living with foster carers and adopters. Documents Children’s social…
Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2020
This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 December 2020. Statistics release cancelled All routine inspections…
COVID-19 isolation having detrimental impact on children’s education and welfare, particularly the most vulnerable
Ofsted publishes the third and final set of reports looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people. Repeated isolation has…
COVID-19 series: briefing on further education and skills, November 2020
Evidence from interim visits to further education and skills providers between 19 October and 4 December. Documents COVID-19 series: briefing on further education and skills,…
HMCI commentary: findings from visits in November
Amanda Spielman discusses what we found in our November visits to education and children’s social care providers. Throughout the autumn, we have been visiting schools,…
COVID-19 series: briefing on children’s social care, November 2020
Evidence from assurance visits to secure children’s homes and independent fostering agencies between 1 September and 4 December. Documents COVID-19 series: briefing on children’s social…
COVID-19 series: briefing on early years, November 2020
Evidence from research interviews with 739 early years providers between 5 October and 11 December. Documents COVID-19 series: briefing on early years, November 2020 PDF,…