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 Association of Directors of Children's Services conference

    • Speech

  2. Amanda Spielman's speech at the Festival of Education

    • Speech

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes: frequency of publication of statistics

    • Open consultation

  2. A single inspection of voluntary adoption agencies

    • Open consultation

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Prisons judged inadequate or requires improvement: Ofsted guidance

    • Guidance

  2. Inspecting learning and skills training for people in custody

    • Guidance

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes official statistics as at 31 March 2017

    • Official Statistics

  2. Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 March 2017

    • Official Statistics

See all our statistics

Our management

Contact Ofsted

General enquiries

Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD

The helpline is open Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 6.00pm.

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

Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. Read our policy on Social media use.