What we do

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills for learners of all ages.

Ofsted is a non-ministerial department.

Read more about what we do

Documents

Our announcements

  1. Amanda Spielman's speech at the Wellington Festival of Education

    • Speech

  2. Amanda Spielman at the Bryanston Education Summit

    • Speech

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Changes to Ofsted’s statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for maintained schools and academies

    • Consultation outcome

  2. A single inspection of voluntary adoption agencies

    • Consultation outcome

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Local area SEND inspections: information for families

    • Guidance

  2. Ofsted Inspectors: lists

    • Transparency data

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2017

    • Official Statistics

  2. Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 August 2017

    • Official Statistics

See all our statistics

Our management

Contact Ofsted

Complaints about schools and childminders

Complaints about other providers Ofsted inspects

General enquiries

Our helpline is open from 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday).
If you have difficulties hearing or speaking on the phone, you can use the Next Generation Text Service.

Contact Ofsted about concerns

Please contact your local council or call local police on 101 if you're worried about a child who is at risk of being harmed. If the child is in immediate danger, call police on 999.

Early years providers: make a notification to Ofsted

Social care providers: make a notification to Ofsted

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

FOI requests for Ofsted

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

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