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Find out how much you would be paid as a contracted Ofsted inspector for the different tasks you would perform.
Ofsted's framework and guidance for inspecting local authority services for children (ILACS) in need of help and protection, children in care and care leavers.
Download and complete the direct debit form to pay your Ofsted annual registration fee.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate childcare providers explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Find Ofsted's training, learning and professional development publications.
This guide gives a summary of what providers should expect and what they need to do as part of an Ofsted inspection.
This framework and handbook document sets out Ofsted’s inspection principles, guidance and the main judgements that inspectors make when inspecting area SEND.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an independent fostering agency.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered daycare provider on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
How Ofsted regulates childcare and what parents should do if they have concerns about their provider.
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
You must apply to Ofsted to move your setting or to include additional premises in the registration of your nursery or other daycare.
This toolkit explains Ofsted Parent View. Schools can use it to encourage parents and carers to share their experiences of their child’s school.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a JTAI of the multi-agency response to the identification of initial need and risk (often referred to as the ‘front door’).
Application guidance for childminders who provide care solely from somewhere other than a home.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17.
You can use this service to register your interest in contracting as an Ofsted inspector.
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