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Statistics from Ofsted on inspections of local authority children’s services in England.
Data for inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2024 including data for inspections conducted between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2024.
A study of the local authority response to homeless children and young people.
Management information aggregating in-year and most recent inspections and outcomes.
Management information for further education and skills, showing in-year and most recent inspection outcomes.
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.
Management information aggregating registered childcare providers and inspections and their outcomes.
Complaints and notifications relating to registered early years providers over the past 5 years.
Inspection data and information about the providers and places of children’s social care in England as well as inspections and inspection outcomes from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
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…
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.
Statistics from Ofsted on inspections of local area services for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
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.
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