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What Ofsted and the CQC found about how partners in local areas support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who are not in school.
Summary of findings Every child should be able to have their education,…
Use Five-Year Ofsted Inspection Data to explore inspection data for children’s social care, early years, further education and skills, non-association independent schools, initial teacher education providers and state-funded…
This guidance gives a summary of how to use Five-Year Ofsted Inspection…
Has ‘due regard’ been made to the 3 aims of the General Duty (Section 149…
Ofsted has commissioned independent multi-stage research to evaluate its renewed approach to education inspection.
Introduction We are undertaking a major programme of reform to reset our…
Findings from research on how stakeholders can share their views during inspections, carried out by the independent research consultancy, the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT).
Children and young people share their experiences of living in social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools, residential special schools, and living with foster carers.
Ofsted’s annual reports on the effectiveness of welfare and duty of care for recruits and trainees in Armed Forces initial training.
A report outlining findings from 78 thematic monitoring visits looking at the implementation of initial teacher education statutory guidance and other relevant themes.
A study of the local authority response to homeless children and young people.
Information about the evidence Ofsted used to inform its consultation response on its proposals to improve education inspections.
Statutory and non-statutory guidance, professional standards and relevant research that Ofsted reviewed to inform and develop the renewed education inspection framework and toolkits.
Complaints and notifications relating to registered early years providers over the past 5 years.
Findings from our 2025 review of the area SEND inspection framework and how we will make sure it remains effective and in line with current needs and best practice.
A report on our findings during the first 2 years of inspecting local area partnerships under the current area SEND inspection framework.
Findings from research on conceptualising vulnerability commissioned by Ofsted and carried out by Research in Practice at the National Children's Bureau (NCB).
How schools and further education (FE) colleges are embedding AI and responding to some of the challenges and barriers identified in literature.
Commentaries on unregistered schools investigations.
An exploration of whether population census data and school census data can be used to derive realistic estimates of children missing education.
A theoretical model to help local authorities and other decision-makers plan new childcare provision under the 2025 childcare reforms.
A research report which looks at how early years practitioners care for and educate babies and toddlers.
Ofsted's findings on how further education providers are supporting students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to make career decisions.
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