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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Documents

Our announcements

  1. HMCI responds to National Audit Office report

    • News story

  2. Ofsted launches point-in-time surveys

    • News story

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. Inspecting schools: leaflet for schools

    • Guidance

  2. Inspecting schools: guidance for parents

    • Guidance

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Independent schools inspection outcomes: September 2014 to August 2015

    • Official Statistics

  2. Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes 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)

Contact Ofsted about concerns

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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