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Schools, colleges and children's services Inspections

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Ofsted, Department for Education, Care Quality Commission, and HM Inspectorate of Prisons
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Key Ofsted documents

  • Ofsted annual reports
  • Raising standards, improving lives: Ofsted's strategic plan

How Ofsted inspects

  • Ofsted inspections of adoption support agencies
  • Ofsted inspections of boarding and residential schools
  • Ofsted regulation and inspection of childminder agencies
  • Ofsted inspections of children's centres
  • Ofsted inspections of children's homes
  • Ofsted inspections of early years and childcare providers
  • Ofsted inspections of further education and skills providers
  • Ofsted inspections of independent fostering agencies
  • Ofsted inspections of local authority arrangements for supporting school improvement
  • Ofsted inspections of local authority children's services
  • Ofsted inspections of maintained schools
  • Ofsted inspections of non-association independent schools
  • Ofsted inspections of registered childcare providers
  • Ofsted inspections of residential family centres
  • Ofsted inspections of residential holiday schemes for disabled children
  • Ofsted inspections of residential provision in further education colleges
  • Inspections of secure training centres
  • Ofsted inspections of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
  • Ofsted inspections of voluntary adoption agencies
  • Ofsted's inspections of initial teacher education providers
  • Approval of independent school inspectorates

Good practice

  • Ofsted examples of good practice in early years
  • Ofsted examples of good practice in further education and skills
  • Ofsted examples of good practice in initial teacher education
  • Ofsted examples of good practice in schools
  • Ofsted examples of good practice in social care

Survey reports

  • Ofsted early years survey reports
  • Ofsted further education and skills survey reports
  • Ofsted schools survey reports
  • Ofsted social care survey reports

Inspection of British schools overseas

  • British schools overseas: standards and inspection arrangements
  • British schools overseas: standards for inspectorates
  • British schools overseas: standards for schools

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