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The framework and evaluation schedule for inspection of secure training centres, for use from 1 April 2026.
This explains how to get a Disclosure and Barring Service check if you are aged 16 or over and you live or work in a childcare setting.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate children's social care establishments and agencies explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Details of Ofsted's programme of webinars to help familiarise providers with the November 2025 education inspection framework changes.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects independent fostering agencies.
How to register with Ofsted and apply to open, manage, or be associated with an independent fostering agency.
Find out how you can still register with Ofsted if you provide childcare immediately before or after school for less than 2 hours in a day.
Find out what tasks you will have if you contract as an Ofsted inspector.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential family centres.
We publish these summaries when we or the setting need to take action to ensure they are meeting the requirements for registration.
Information for providers, parents and carers about what happens when we suspend a childcare provider’s registration.
The provider portal allows Ofsted and the provider to share documentation during an inspection.
Your electronic device will need to meet certain specifications to allow you to work as an Ofsted inspector.
How to register with Ofsted and apply to open, manage, or be associated with a residential family centre.
You will not be able to reset your Government Gateway credentials without the email address you used to create your account.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects adoption support agencies.
Ofsted’s safeguarding policy and guidance for inspectors on handling safeguarding disclosures.
Guidance for inspectors on inspecting separation by sex in schools and the teaching of protected characteristics and relationships and sex education (RSE).
These guidance documents outline how Ofsted uses artificial intelligence (AI) for its own work and set out how we look at AI during inspection and regulation.
What Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks you need to have in place and how Ofsted will check the use of the DBS checks and certificates on inspection.
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