Collection
Social care surveys: what children and young people told Ofsted
Results of an annual survey carried out by Ofsted to highlight the views and experiences of children and young people in social care settings.
Every year, Ofsted works with social care providers to capture views about social care settings, including:
- children’s homes
- adoption and fostering services
- residential family centres
- boarding schools
- residential special schools
- further education colleges
- supported accommodation
We publish our findings and data in the reports listed below.
If you are a provider planning to distribute the social care survey, please read our guidance for providers.
Children's social care survey reports
Updates to this page
Published 27 February 2019
Last updated 6 October 2025
show all updates
-
Added 'Children’s social care questionnaires 2025: what children and young people told Ofsted'.
-
‘Children’s social care questionnaires 2024: what children and young people told Ofsted’ added.
-
Added in the 2019 social care questionnaire
-
First published.