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For inspection from 1 April 2018. The letter of notice and form to complete (Annex A) for voluntary adoption agency inspections.
An operational note for Ofsted inspectors who are carrying out summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts (MATs), also known as ‘trusts’.
Guidance for providers, social workers and placement commissioners on placing children, subject to a deprivation of liberty order (DoL), in unregistered settings.
How Ofsted and the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) work together to inspect association independent schools with an early years registration.
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Guidance on how Ofsted inspects voluntary adoption agencies.
Guidance for inspectors and investigators of unregistered independent schools.
Guidance for inspectors on carrying out joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of local area services, and links to the inspection reports.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a joint targeted area inspection of the multi-agency response to the criminal exploitation of children in a local authority area in England.
Annex A form for residential family centres to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
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Ofsted guidance for inspectors about how to inspect initial training for the UK Armed Forces relating to welfare and duty of care.
Framework and guidance for joint targeted area inspections of local area services.
How Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will conduct thematic visits to local areas to look at alternative provision.
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Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a voluntary adoption agency.
Letter that Ofsted sends to independent fostering agencies giving notice of inspection and asking for particular information.
Guidance for social care providers about distributing the 2025 annual surveys and a promotional poster that they can use.
The letter of notice, pre-inspection form and case list form for adoption support agencies inspections.
Advice for social care providers about how they may arrange for Ofsted inspectors to review records held on electronic systems.
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