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. Series of inspections to focus on children living with neglect

    • Press release

  2. Ofsted welcomes new Chair

    • News story

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. Future of social care inspection

    • Consultation outcome

  2. Re-inspection of inadequate local authorities

    • Consultation outcome

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. Ofsted standards for official statistics

    • Research and analysis

  2. Joint inspections of the response to children living with domestic abuse: September 2016 to March 2017

    • Guidance

See all our publications

Our statistics

  1. Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 December 2016

    • Official Statistics

  2. Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2016

    • 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

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