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Guidance to support education settings who want to use external expertise to enhance their online safety education.
Find, download and explore official Department for Education (DfE) statistics and data in England.
Guidance for childminder agencies on registering with Ofsted, including the process, fees and requirements. It sets out the legal background and the extent of our regulatory powers.
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse.
Statutory guidance for local authorities with responsibility for education and children’s social services functions.
Contact details of the people in child death overview panels (CDOPs) who are responsible for receiving child death notifications.
Information to help schools support the delivery of the National Child Measurement Programme to measure children's height and weight in reception and year 6.
Sets out the government's quality standards for children, young people and maternity standards.
Information for local authority services, adoption and fostering agencies, residential centres and other children's social care services.
How to help different groups respond to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) consultation.
Guide for children and young people with learning disabilities on changes to the special needs educational and disability (SEND) system.
You must tell Ofsted when anyone aged 16 or over stops living or working in the home where you look after children.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a residential family centre.
Technical specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the early years census.
How local authorities should use the National Client Caseload Information System (NCCIS) to send data on young people’s post-16 activities.
Professional development resources for improving teaching and leadership of reception years.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects secure children's homes.
Exercises and guidance documents for training multi-agency groups on identifying and preventing child neglect.
Explains how changes to the early years foundation stage (EYFS) framework will affect you, what you need to do and how to access support.
This guide is for providers and commissioners to help them understand the registration requirements with CQC and Ofsted and when to register with one or both regulatory bodies.
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