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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.
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.
The risk assessment process that Ofsted uses to assist in scheduling inspections of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualification (NPQ) programmes.
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.
Findings from thematic inspections of initial teacher education partnerships that took place during 2012 and 2013 to promote improvement.
Joint targeted area inspection guidance on the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment.
Daniel Muijs, Ofsted’s Deputy Director, Research and Evaluation, shares some remote learning tips, based on research and visits to schools and colleges.
How Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will conduct thematic visits to local areas to look at alternative provision.
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