...be referred to another agency, whether that’s the local authority or the police. A qualifying complaint for Ofsted would be something that raises an issue that affects the whole school....
...do differently for an Ofsted inspection? Nothing! It's our job to work around you and see that you're doing the best for your children. If you're doing that, then you...
...There is a clear desire to ensure that inspection activity is evidence-based. There is also a desire to see that data isn’t used or presented in a way that can...
...have the chance to use our application programming interfaces (APIs). The driving force for the new website was to make it simpler to use, with clearer design and content, and...
...tell us that around a quarter of London residents feel that knife crime and gangs are problems in their area. So earlier this year, Ofsted carried out research into how...
...will have profound consequences for the thousands of children who attend these institutions. What is an unregistered school? An unregistered school is an educational establishment that meets the legal definition...
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills...
Earlier this month, we launched a public consultation on our new approach to inspecting education providers. This includes new toolkits for how we will inspect, and the introduction of report...
...up in that area using these services, including the challenges or opportunities that could come from living there. For the first time, we’ve brought together our inspection findings and visualised...
...training programme. Conclusion I am confident that schools experiencing an OI-led short inspection will have an equivalent experience as when HMI lead these inspections. I can also reassure you that...