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Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update
Ofsted guidance and information relating to coronavirus (COVID-19) for schools, early years, children’s social care and further education and skills providers.
Press release
Ofsted suspends all routine inspections
The Secretary of State has allowed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector to temporarily suspend all routine inspections of schools, further education, early years and social care providers.
Speech
ASCL annual conference
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, spoke at the Association for School and College Leaders’ conference.
Speech
Amanda Spielman at ResearchEd Birmingham 2020
HM Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman speaks at the ResearchEd event.
Press release
Independent primary school managers found guilty of running additional illegal school
A pair responsible for managing an independent primary school have been convicted of running an additional unregistered school on the floor above.
Corporate report
Ofsted Annual Report 2018/19: education, children’s services and skills
Ofsted’s Annual Report presents our findings for the areas we inspect in early years childcare, schools, further education and skills and social care.
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What Ofsted does
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. We also inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people.
Ofsted is a non-ministerial department.
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Policy papers and consultations
- Changes to Ofsted’s post-inspection processes and complaints handling: proposed improvements
- Initial teacher education inspection framework and handbook 2020: inspecting the quality of teacher education
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Complaints about schools and childminders
Complaints about other providers Ofsted inspects
Contact Ofsted about concerns
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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.
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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.
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