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This policy sets out what Ofsted will publish during a period of pre-election silence for local authority and general elections.
Advice note from Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI to the Secretary of State for Education on no-notice school inspections.
Guidance for Ofsted inspectors in carrying out full joint inspections of youth offending work.
Information about the accessibility of the Ofsted Jobs website.
Advice notes from Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI to the Secretary of State for Education on unregistered schools.
Advice note for an independent schools emergency inspection - welfare only.
Updates for inspectors and stakeholders with the latest information and guidance about Ofsted's inspection work in schools and early education settings.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in an adoption support agency.
The letter of notice and form to complete (RAA A1) for thematic regional adoption agency inspections.
Advice note from Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI to the Secretary of State for Education on school inspections in Tower Hamlets.
This is a letter sent to parents and carers about independent school inspections at the time of inspection.
Guidance to help Ofsted staff in their work. It complements the protocol with the Women’s Aid Federation.
Briefing note for magistrates and magistrates’ courts explaining the legal framework for Ofsted’s regulation and inspection of childcare.
The risk assessment process that Ofsted uses to assist in scheduling inspections of initial teacher education (ITE) providers.
Advice notes from pre-registration inspections of proposed free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges that Ofsted carried out in 2020 at the request of the Secretary of State for Education.
This accessibility statement is for our register as a childminder digital service.
Advice note from Sir Michael Wilshaw, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, on the inspection of schools previously inspected by the Bridge Schools Inspectorate.
SC4 is the form voluntary adoption agencies use to notify Ofsted of a new branch.
At the request of the Secretary of State for Education, Ofsted conducts pre-registration inspections of proposed free schools, studio schools and university technical colleges.
Guidance and methodology for Ofsted's thematic inspections of a sample of regional adoption agencies (RAAs).
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