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Children, young people and their families will be placed at the heart of social care inspections under plans announced today, as Ofsted launches a public consultation on reforming 2 key inspection frameworks.
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, spoke at the 2026 Festival of Education in Berkshire.
After serious safeguarding concerns at a Bright Horizon nursery came to light in September 2025, Ofsted began an extensive programme of regulatory activity across the 247 nurseries in the Bright Horizons group.
Ofsted has today outlined a change in its approach to tackling unregistered children’s homes, designed to stop unsafe and unlawful placements and to address issues of sufficiency in the children’s social care system.
Yvette Stanley, National Director, Regulation and Social Care, on Ofsted’s latest work to prevent children being placed in unregistered homes.
Ofsted has today published the first of our annual updates to the education inspection toolkits and operating guides.
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, spoke at the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Conference 2026 in Liverpool.
Ofsted's National Director for Education, Lee Owston, spoke at the Schools and Academies Show in London.
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, spoke at the Early Years Alliance's Connect Roadshow in London.
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today published guidance for the next series of area SEND thematic visits.
Ofsted will begin inspecting early education and childcare providers more frequently from April 2026, in line with the DfE's Best Start in Life strategy.
Ofsted has today confirmed the formal closure of the expert reference groups set up to support the development of the renewed education inspection framework.
Ofsted's Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, spoke at Voice 21's Speaking Summit in London.
Ofsted has today published updates to the framework for inspecting local authority children's services (ILACS).
Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2026 Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Annual Conference in Liverpool.
Ofsted today announced that it is piloting a new way of involving more serving education leaders in the inspections of schools and further education providers.
A new Ofsted report, published today, describes the challenges some schools and colleges face in supporting children in care to reach their potential, due to inconsistencies in local authority practice, unclear national expe…
Ofsted has today launched a new way for education providers to celebrate and share their inspection report cards with parents, carers and the wider community.
Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) 2026 Winter Conference/AGM in London.
Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and professionals involved.
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