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Ofsted confirms radical reforms to education inspection
Considerable support for proposed inspection changes
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Online questionnaires for children’s homes, fostering services, adoption agencies and residential family centres are open until 4 May 2015.
Early years providers, places and inspection outcomes statistics
Proposals to revise the publication of statistics on early years inspections and the number of registered childcare providers and places.
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More than 2,500 children in Blackpool get inadequate education
Only half of the secondary schools in Blackpool that have been inspected by Ofsted are good or better.
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Inspectorates committed to joint inspection
- published 26 February 2015
- Press release
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Integrated inspections of services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after & care leavers & joint inspection of the Local Safeguarding Children Board
- updated 26 February 2015
- Consultation outcome
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Ofsted improvement events
- updated 25 February 2015
- Guidance
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.
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Our announcements
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Inspectorates committed to joint inspection
- 26 February 2015
- Press release
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Barking and Dagenham schools moving in the right direction
- 19 February 2015
- Press release
Our consultations
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Integrated inspections of services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after & care leavers & joint inspection of the Local Safeguarding Children Board
- 26 February 2015
- Consultation outcome
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Early years providers, places and inspection outcomes statistics
- 23 February 2015
- Consultation outcome
Our publications
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Ofsted improvement events
- 25 February 2015
- Guidance
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Early years provision in schools: apply for disqualification waiver
- 24 February 2015
- Form
Our statistics
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Monthly management information: Ofsted's school inspections outcomes
- 20 January 2015
- Statistics
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Children's centres: inspections and outcomes April 2014 to June 2014
- 16 January 2015
- Statistics
Our management
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Sir Michael Wilshaw
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector
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Matthew Coffey
Chief Operating Officer
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Andrew Cook
Regional Director, East of England
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Nick Jackson
Director, Corporate Services
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Sir Robin Bosher
Director, Quality and Training and Regional Director, South East
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Lorna Fitzjohn
Director, Further Education and Skills and Regional Director, West Midlands
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Debbie Jones
Director, Social Care and Regional Director, London
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Sean Harford
National Director, Schools
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Nick Hudson
Director, Early Years (including childminding) and Regional Director, North East, Yorkshire and Humber
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Jo Morgan
National Director, Initial Teacher Education and Regional Director, North West
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Kath O'Dwyer
Director, Social Care Improvement
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Chris Russell
Director, Local Authorities and Regional Director, East Midlands
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Bradley Simmons
Director, Independent Schools and Regional Director, South West
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