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We inspect and regulate the care of children & young people, and education & skills for all.
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    Jul 16
    Is your child going to an activity or sports club or other out-of-school childcare over the summer holidays? Listen to our latest podcast on how we inspect and regulate childcare for under-eights: ow.ly/heeA50Znffv with thanks to the School Aged Childcare Association
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    Jul 15
    We’ve published guidance today for the next round of thematic visits to Regional Adoption Agencies (RAAs). Learn more➡️ ow.ly/Sjmz50ZnSzh
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    Jul 14
    We'll be at the event to answer your questions on regulation and inspection - come and meet the team!
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    Jul 13
    🆕 Have your say in our consultation We're proposing some changes to our inspections of children’s social care services. If you have personal experience of children's social care, or work with or care for those who do, we want to hear from you ⬇️ gov.uk/government/con…
    Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, is quoted: 'Please fill out the consultation. Share your expertise. Help us make this transformation work as well as it can. Help us to get better outcomes and change this system for generations to come.'
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    Jul 10
    🎤 Today our Chief Inspector @martyneoliver and National Director for Social Care @YvetteStanley18 spoke at the @ADCStweets conference about our consultation proposals for: • updating our frameworks • a new grading scale • unregistered children's homes gov.uk/government/spe…
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    Jul 9
    We’d like to make some changes to our inspections of children’s social care services and we’ve launched a consultation to get your views 📣 ow.ly/eG3y50ZlXqf Go to ow.ly/bfWL50ZlXra to tell us what you think 🗨️
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    Jul 9
    We’ve published our latest official statistics on childcare providers and inspections 👇 gov.uk/government/sta…. ❓If you have any feedback to help us improve future official statistics publications, please let us know: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/response…
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    Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 March 2026
    This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 March 2026.
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    Jul 8
    Yvette Stanley, Ofsted’s National Director for Social Care, reflects in Community Care on a decade of JTAIs and the lessons they offer for multi-agency practice, policy and partnership working 👇 communitycare.co.uk/content/news/1…
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    Jul 7
    Today we’ve launched a consultation on making changes to how we inspect local authority children’s services and social care providers, like children’s homes and fostering agencies 📣 Read more 👉 ow.ly/G9Oe50Zl2Ii
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    Jul 6
    🎤 'In my 30 years in of being in classrooms, I’ve seen countless examples of teaching assistants, reception staff, teachers and leaders who go above and beyond.' Read the full Festival of Education speech from our Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver ⬇️ gov.uk/government/spe…
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    Jul 2
    ‘Sufficiency’ is one of the most complex issues in social care: the amount of suitable homes available for children Today we’ve published a report into how this affects looked-after children👉 gov.uk/government/pub…
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    Jul 2
    We want to keep looked-after children safe and make sure they are in the right homes, in the right places. Today we’ve outlined changes in our approach to tackling unregistered children’s homes, designed to stop unsafe and unlawful placements 👉 ow.ly/zFmj50ZjzER
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    Jun 26
    Come and see us today and tomorrow at the Autism and ADHD show at the NEC. Come and say hello!
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    Jun 24
    The latest Ofsted official statistics covering state-funded schools inspections and outcomes have been published today. See main findings and underlying data at:
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    State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 March 2026
    Provisional data for the renewed education inspection framework for the period 10 November 2025 to 31 March 2026. This release also contains revised data for the period September 2024 to August 2025...
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