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Guide for local authorities and providers on when Ofsted will prioritise applications to register children’s homes services.
What providers need to know about the process of connecting people to a supported accommodation service.
You must apply to Ofsted to move your setting or to include additional premises in the registration of your nursery or other daycare.
Requirements you must meet if you are an Ofsted-registered daycare provider on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
Information for providers and managers on the use of surveillance, including CCTV, in their residential childcare settings and how Ofsted will evaluate its use.
Information about the fees that Ofsted charges to register as a childminder, nanny or other childcare provider.
Requirements you must meet if you are a childminder registered with Ofsted on the voluntary part of the Childcare Register.
This blog post helps to clarify when schools can expect their next Ofsted inspection.
Tell Ofsted about changes to your supported accommodation service.
The provider portal allows Ofsted and the provider to share documentation during an inspection.
Ofsted’s position on Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for childcare providers who register with Ofsted.
What schools, registered early years providers and childminders need to know about delivering the early years foundation stage (EYFS), and Ofsted inspections under the education inspection framework (EIF).
During Ofsted school inspections, staff and pupils can give their views via an online survey. This page provides the questions for reference only.
This framework and handbook document sets out Ofsted’s inspection principles, guidance and the main judgements that inspectors make when inspecting area SEND.
This framework and handbook document sets out Ofsted’s inspection principles, guidance and the main judgements that inspectors make when inspecting initial teacher education (ITE).
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse.
A guide for inspectors about physical intervention and restrictions of liberty.
An explanation of what happens to those judged inadequate on the Early Years Register and those not meeting registration requirements on the Childcare Register.
Ofsted's policy on how we regulate children's social care establishments and agencies explains what we may do if a provider is not following the regulations.
Annex A form for children's homes and secure children's homes to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).
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