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Advice note for an independent schools emergency inspection - welfare only.
The letter of notice, pre-inspection form and case list form for adoption support agencies inspections.
The letter of notice and Annex A (request for information) for residential holiday schemes for disabled children inspections.
The letter of notice and form to complete (RAA A1) for thematic regional adoption agency inspections.
Advice note from Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI to the Secretary of State for Education on school inspections in Tower Hamlets.
This is a letter sent to parents and carers about independent school inspections at the time of inspection.
Guidance to help Ofsted staff in their work. It complements the protocol with the Women’s Aid Federation.
Briefing note for magistrates and magistrates’ courts explaining the legal framework for Ofsted’s regulation and inspection of childcare.
The risk assessment process that Ofsted uses to assist in scheduling inspections of initial teacher education (ITE) providers.
Advice notes from pre-registration inspections of proposed free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges that Ofsted carried out in 2020 at the request of the Secretary of State for Education.
At the request of the Secretary of State for Education, Ofsted conducts pre-registration inspections of proposed free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges.
The risk assessment process that Ofsted uses to assist in scheduling inspections of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) programmes.
This accessibility statement is for our digital service to tell us about new adults in the home.
Advice note from Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, on the inspection of schools previously inspected by the Bridge Schools Inspectorate.
SC4 is the form voluntary adoption agencies use to notify Ofsted of a new branch.
How Ofsted and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) work together to inspect association independent schools with an early years registration.
Findings from thematic inspections of initial teacher education partnerships that took place during 2012 and 2013 to promote improvement.
Guidance for Ofsted inspectors on talking to pupils during school inspections.
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