Inspection outcomes of the largest children’s social care providers
These releases identify the largest private and voluntary providers of children’s social care in England and their inspection outcomes. Documents Inspection profiles of the largest…
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.
Half of all private and voluntary sector fostering placements offered by just 6 companies
@OfstedNews has published statistics on private and voluntary providers of children’s homes and independent fostering agencies (IFAs). New Ofsted data shows that half of all…
Childcare protocols between Ofsted and other organisations
How Ofsted will work with other organisations. Documents Protocol between Ofsted and the Ministry of Defence, Directorate of Children and Young People HTML Protocol between…
Changes to Ofsted’s post-inspection processes and complaints handling
Ofsted revises post-inspection processes and complaints handling to bring about greater consistency across its work. Ofsted is revising its post-inspection and complaints-handling arrangements so that…
Online education in further education and skills: learning about what works
@OfstedNews review into online education during coronavirus (COVID-19) in the further education and skills (FES) sector To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, social-distancing measures were implemented…
Ofsted corporate annual reports and accounts
Ofsted’s corporate annual reports provide highlights of projects and set out our progress in meeting our objectives. They also include accounts for each year. Documents…
Dame Christine Ryan appointed next chair of Ofsted
Secretary of State for Education @GavinWilliamson today (10 July 2020) announced the appointment of Dame Christine Ryan as next chair of @OfstedNews As former CEO…
Ofsted Board meetings 2020
Ofsted Board meeting papers and minutes from 2020. Documents Ofsted Board minutes: 12 February 2020 HTML Details The Ofsted Board meets at least 4 times…
An evaluation of the framework for inspecting local areas’ special educational needs and/or disabilities services
Ofsted evaluation report looking at how the area special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) framework is being implemented and its perceived impact on children and…
Supporting local areas to prioritise and meet the needs of children and young people with SEND
@OfstedNews and @CareQualityComm will visit local areas to support strengthening special educational needs and disabilities (#SEND) systems in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, before…