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Guidance on the education inspection approach to providers’ and inspectors’ duties under the Equality Act 2010.
Guidance for inspectors on carrying out joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of local area services, and links to the inspection reports.
You must tell Ofsted when anyone aged 16 or over stops living or working with you where you look after children.
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’).
Introduction to Ofsted's role in registering childcare and the legal basis for our work.
Information for providers, parents and carers about what happens when we suspend a childcare provider’s registration.
How Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will conduct thematic visits to local areas focusing on the education, health and social care provisions available for children and young people with SEND as outlined in the l…
Ofsted guidance for inspectors about how to inspect initial training for the UK Armed Forces relating to welfare and duty of care.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) of the multi-agency response to children and their families who need help in a local authority area in England.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential family centres.
How to refer a possible unregistered school to Ofsted for investigation.
Guidance for inspectors on how to make this decision and the process to follow.
Ofsted's annual fees for children’s social care services.
If you are on the Early Years Register, we will carry out regular inspections. We inspect 10% of providers only on the Childcare Register each year.
Handbook for inspecting education, skills and work activities in prisons and young offender institutions.
Ofsted’s guidance on quality assurance of online providers under the Online Education Accreditation Scheme.
How to register with Ofsted and apply to open, manage, or be associated with an adoption support agency.
Guidance for providers on registering a children’s home with Ofsted when the care and accommodation is provided in more than one building.
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
Find out what tasks you will have if you contract as an Ofsted inspector.
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