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Criteria and advice for accredited early years initial teacher training providers offering the assessment only route to EYTS.
How to refer a possible unregistered school to Ofsted for investigation.
Application forms to complete to register with Ofsted.
This notice gives details on plans to stop reporting the Parental Conflict Indicator as regular official statistics and invites users to provide views and comments on these proposals.
Guide for children and young people with learning disabilities on changes to the special needs educational and disability (SEND) system.
Guidance to support primary school teachers deliver food teaching in schools.
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.
Ofsted's annual fees for children’s social care services.
Guidance on child protection cases and care orders where the child has links to a foreign country.
This is a presentation of the pre-registration briefing for those wishing to become childcare providers.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential provision of further education colleges.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects voluntary adoption agencies.
Find, download and explore official Department for Education (DfE) statistics and data in England.
How a prospective or registered childcare provider can appeal if Ofsted plans to take steps that will affect their registration.
Information for NHS and public health professionals focusing on the life course approach which aims to give people fairer life chances.
Guide for local authorities submitting children’s social work workforce returns for 2026.
This outlines what FGM is, the legislation and penalties involved and the help and support available. The statement is often referred to as a health passport.
The health visitor information pack describes the evidence-based approach of the work of health visitors and information on the transition of the service over the next 2 years and beyond.
A framework to help social care and criminal justice agencies keep looked-after children out of the criminal justice system.
Specification and validation rules for local authorities and software suppliers preparing for the 2026 to 2027 children in need census.
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