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Guide for local authorities and providers on when Ofsted will prioritise an application to register a children’s home.
This guidance explains what providers of children’s homes must do under the law when recruiting and employing staff.
You can use this service to register your interest in contracting as an Ofsted inspector.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an independent fostering agency.
Form to send to Ofsted to cancel your registration.
Find out how to pay an Ofsted invoice in relation to your childcare business or children's social care service.
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment.
Set up additional security features on your Government Gateway account
You will need your Government Gateway user ID in order to use certain Ofsted services.
A guide for inspectors about physical intervention and restrictions of liberty.
Ofsted's framework and guidance for inspecting local authority services for children (ILACS) in need of help and protection, children in care and care leavers.
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
Statutory guidance for local authority children’s services on representations and complaints procedures.
How local authorities should report incidents to the Department for Education, Ofsted and Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
Guidance for local areas to embed working together to safeguard children and the children’s social care national framework in practice.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects supported accommodation for looked after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects independent fostering agencies.
Volume 1: statutory guidance about court orders and the roles of the police and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
Statutory guidance relating to care planning and reviewing arrangements for looked-after children.
Forms for supported accommodation providers to fill in for inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
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