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Sets out the scope of an Ofsted and DfE study on identifying practice that supports 16- to 18-year-olds to stay in education, training or employment, and prevent them from becoming NEET (not in education, employment or train…
Introduction Reducing the number of young people who are not currently…
An analysis of children’s social care sufficiency in England.
The Understanding children’s social care sufficiency in England release…
This document describes the methods we used in both the quantitative and…
Statutory and non-statutory guidance, professional standards and relevant research that Ofsted reviewed to inform and develop the renewed education inspection framework and toolkits.
This research should be read alongside version 1 of the education toolkits…
This research should be read alongside version 2 of the education toolkits…
Commentaries on school inspection data.
Ofsted reports on the quality of the inspection work carried out by the inspectorates of British schools overseas.
This document outlines the research questions and themes that matter most to improving outcomes for children, young people and learners.
Research on the experiences of children in care in schools and colleges.
A revised methodology to incorporate school-based nurseries in calculations of childcare accessibility in England.
Annual Ofsted report letters on the inspection work by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI).
This report looks at how local partnerships and services respond to children who are at risk of, or who have been victims of, domestic abuse.
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.
Ofsted has commissioned independent multi-stage research to evaluate its renewed approach to education inspection.
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.
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.
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