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The home of Ofsted on 51²è¹Ý. Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. We also inspect and regulate service…
Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.
There are different ways to complain in England depending on whether your…
State schools include: maintained schools academies and free schools Call…
Contact your local council or call your local police on 101 if you think a…
If you want to complain about a school’s SEN support, you should do it…
Follow the school’s complaints process if you believe a school has…
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This framework sets out Ofsted's inspection principles and the main judgements that inspectors make.
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Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children’s home or secure children’s home.
How to register as a childminder or nanny: the Ofsted Childcare Register, the Early Years Register, who can register, how to apply.
Ofsted is consulting on a new approach to inspecting education providers and the introduction of report cards.
A research report which looks at how early years practitioners care for and educate babies and toddlers.
Ofsted guidance on inspecting maintained schools and academies in England under the education inspection framework.
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