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Guidance for inspectors on carrying out joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of local area services, and links to the inspection reports.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a voluntary adoption agency.
How Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will conduct thematic visits to local areas focusing on children who are not in school.
Guidance for children's social care providers about distributing the 2026 annual survey, including a promotional poster that they can use.
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.
Letter that Ofsted sends to independent fostering agencies giving notice of inspection and asking for particular information.
An operational note for Ofsted inspectors who are carrying out summary evaluations of multi-academy trusts (MATs), also known as ‘trusts’.
Guidance for inspectors and investigators of unregistered independent schools.
Ofsted’s guidance on quality assurance of online providers under the Online Education Accreditation Scheme.
This accessibility statement is for our paying your childcare or social care invoice digital service.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects secure 16 to 19 academies.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) of the multi-agency response to serious youth violence in a local authority area in England.
How a prospective or registered childcare provider can object if Ofsted intends to take steps that will affect their application or registration.
Briefing note for magistrates and magistrates’ courts explaining the legal framework for Ofsted’s regulation and inspection of childcare.
Guidance on how to report a security vulnerability on any Ofsted service or system.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an adoption support agency.
This accessibility statement is for our register as a childminder digital service.
The letter of notice and form to complete (RAA A1) for thematic regional adoption agency inspections.
The letter of notice and Annex A (request for information) for residential holiday schemes for disabled children inspections.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
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