Ofsted privacy notices
Our privacy notices set out what data we collect, what we do with it, how long we keep it for and your rights under the…
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.
Ofsted visits to schools and colleges to begin this month
@OfstedNews will be visiting schools and further education and skills providers this autumn term Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI) will visit around 1,200 schools across England…
Interim phase: non-association independent schools
An operational note for Her Majesty’s Inspectors and Ofsted inspectors carrying out inspections of non-association independent schools from 21 September 2020. Contents Introduction Additional inspections…
Ofsted – Complaints procedure
How to make a complaint to Ofsted about services we inspect and/or regulate, or about Ofsted’s representatives or service. Contents Complain about a provider Ofsted…
Fostering in England 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020
Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. These statistics will be released on 12 November 2020 9:30am
Dame Glenys Stacey is acting Chief Regulator of Ofqual until December 2020, as Sally Collier steps down – Sector Response
The Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, has decided that the next stage of the awarding process would be better overseen by new leadership. The Ofqual Board…
Ofsted statement on new Ofqual board committee
Amanda Spielman will chair a new board committee at Ofqual until the end of 2020. It has been announced that Amanda Spielman is to chair…
Changes to Ofsted’s statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for state-funded schools: an analysis of the changes
Following a consultation @OfstedNews have changed their statistical methodology for reporting on inspection outcomes, and this document analyses the impact of those changes on the…
Children’s homes: inspection forms
Annex A form for children’s homes and secure children’s homes to fill in ahead of assurance visits. Documents Children’s homes visits: Annex A MS Word…
Residential family centres: documents for visits
Annex A form for residential family centres to fill in ahead of Ofsted assurance visits. Documents Residential family centre visits: Annex A MS Word Document,…