Disclosure and Barring Service: guidance for children’s social care providers and managers
What Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks you need to have in place and how Ofsted will check the use of the DBS checks and…
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.
Social care: guidance for Ofsted staff
This handbook sets out the legal background to Ofsted’s social care compliance work and Ofsted’s powers. Documents Social care compliance handbook PDF, 895KB, 127 pages…
Ofsted’s equality objectives 2016 to 2020
Equality, diversity and inclusion objectives that Ofsted will focus on from 2016 to 2020 and reports on progress with improvements. Documents Ofsted’s equality objectives 2017…
Childminder agency (CMA) inspection requirements for Ofsted
DfE requirements for Ofsted when organising and undertaking childminder agency (CMA) inspections. Documents Inspection of childminder agencies: requirements for Ofsted HTML Details This document sets…
Ofsted consults on new approach to Cafcass inspections
@Ofsted_news have launched a new consultation on how we plan to inspect Cafcass from 2021: stakeholders can give their views until 11 November. Ofsted is…
Future inspection of Cafcass from 2021
Summary Ofsted seeks your views on proposed changes to its inspections of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass). This consultation closes…
Ofsted’s directed surveillance policy
Ofsted’s policy on carrying out directed surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 to prevent or detect a crime. Documents Ofsted’s directed…
COVID-19 series: briefing on children’s social care providers, September 2020
Evidence from assurance visits to children’s homes between 1 and 11 September. Documents COVID-19 series: briefing on children’s social care providers, September 2020 PDF, 254KB,…
COVID-19 series: briefing on schools, September 2020
Evidence from pilot visits to schools between 14 and 18 September. Documents COVID-19 series: briefing on schools, September 2020 PDF, 211KB, 9 pages Details On…
Findings from Ofsted visits in September
Amanda Spielman discusses what we found in our first visits to education and children’s social care providers during September: This autumn, we are working differently.…