OFSTED

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Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. They inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills for learners of all ages

For information and advice about Ofsted Online please telephone our Contact Centre on 0300 123 1231

Open 08:00 to 18:00, Monday to Friday

 

Alternatively, you can email us enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk

Or you can write to us at this address:

Ofsted
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD

 

 

Responsibilities

They are responsible for:

  • inspecting maintained schools and academies, some independent schools, and many other educational institutions and programmes outside of higher education
  • inspecting childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training
  • publishing reports of our findings so they can be used to improve the overall quality of education and training
  • regulating a range of early years and children’s social care services, making sure they’re suitable for children and potentially vulnerable young people
  • reporting to policymakers on the effectiveness of these services

Priorities

  • put in place our strategic plan to continue to raise standards and improve lives
  • use our new education inspection arrangements to ensure short inspections of good schools and further education providers are consistent, efficient and effective
  • use more good and outstanding sector professionals as part of inspection teams
  • review inspection for early years and social care
  • develop and implement our workforce strategy
  • focus inspection on services that are less than good or whose performance has slipped
  • focus on the performance of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable
  • identify and promote exceptional leadership in each of our inspection areas
  • identify and report on issues of concern in the sectors we inspect
  • promote the improvement of technical, vocational and further education
  • work with parents and carers, learners and employers to ensure their views contribute towards inspections and they use and value our inspection reports
  • work with policy makers and influencers to ensure they understand our work and are able to promote it and our findings
  • work with those we inspect to ensure they find our inspection and regulatory work fair and credible and it helps them to improve

 

 

OFSTED report for registration EY373346

February 2023