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Evidence from visits to schools between 29 September and 23 October 2020.
Evidence from visits to further education and skills providers between 1 and 16 October.
Evidence from 6 visits to local areas, looking at their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision between 5 and 14 October 2020.
This report sets out our findings from a small research project that explored what contributes to good matching decisions for children in foster care.
Evidence from assurance visits to children’s homes between 1 and 11 September.
Evidence from pilot visits to schools between 14 and 18 September.
New research from Ofsted looks at subcontracting in further education and skills and relevant aspects of inspection practice.
This report from Ofsted and the National Governance Association looked at school governance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ofsted evaluation report looking at how the area special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) framework is being implemented and its perceived impact on children and young people with SEND.
We carry out and commission research relating to early years and education, further education and social care.
A summary of findings from our joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of how multi-agency partnerships respond to child exploitation.
This report summarises the findings from a qualitative research project carried out in 2018–19.
This report summarises findings from our joint targeted area inspections of ‘the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment’.
Our research team carried out a two-phase study on initial teacher education (ITE) curriculum during the spring and summer terms 2019.
An evaluation report investigating why some schools improve and others have not.
Ofsted uses questionnaires to capture views about social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools and living with foster carers and adopters.
This exploratory study investigates the steps that parents, local authorities and schools take in order to move children from secondary school to home education.
This report evaluates the extent to which the inspection of local authority children’s services (ILACS) framework has been implemented as intended.
Ofsted carried out a research project on knife crime in education. This report sets out our findings and recommendations.
Findings from online surveys conducted by YouGov on behalf of Ofsted on teachers' awareness and perceptions of Ofsted.
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