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Monday, 08 June 2026
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, spoke at the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Conference 2026 in Liverpool....
Friday, 08 May 2026
Ofsted's National Director for Education, Lee Owston, spoke at the Schools and Academies Show in London....
Friday, 17 April 2026
Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, spoke at the Early Years Alliance's Connect Roadshow in London....
Thursday, 02 April 2026
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today published guidance for the next series of area SEND thematic visits....
Friday, 27 March 2026
Ofsted will begin inspecting early education and childcare providers more frequently from April 2026, in line with the DfE's Best Start in Life strate...
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Ofsted has today confirmed the formal closure of the expert reference groups set up to support the development of the renewed education inspection fra...
Friday, 20 March 2026
Ofsted's Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, spoke at Voice 21's Speaking Summit in London....
Friday, 20 March 2026
Ofsted has today published updates to the framework for inspecting local authority children's services (ILACS). ...
Friday, 13 March 2026
Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2026 Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Annual Conference in Liverpool....
Friday, 13 March 2026
Ofsted today announced that it is piloting a new way of involving more serving education leaders in the inspections of schools and further education p...
Thursday, 12 March 2026
A new Ofsted report, published today, describes the challenges some schools and colleges face in supporting children in care to reach their potential,...
Friday, 13 February 2026
Ofsted has today launched a new way for education providers to celebrate and share their inspection report cards with parents, carers and the wider co...
Thursday, 05 February 2026
Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA) 2026 Winter Conference/AGM in London....
Monday, 02 February 2026
Ofsted has sent surveys to social care providers to find out about the experiences of the children, parents, staff and professionals involved. ...
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
Ofsted has appointed Jonathan Childs as its new Deputy Director of Post-16 Education, Training and Skills....
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
Children who are affected by domestic abuse are not being consistently recognised as victims despite this being set out in law, according to a new joi...
Friday, 16 January 2026
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the Livery Education Conference at Drapers' Hall....
Thursday, 11 December 2025
A report by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) finds that support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) who...
Tuesday, 02 December 2025
Annual report sees great work being done by education and care professionals but there are concerns about the rapid growth in children’s homes, and ou...
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Ofsted has today announced plans to reform inspections of local authorities’ children’s services across 2026 and 2027....
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the annual National Children and Adult Services Conference in Bournemouth....
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
The Secretary of State for Education has requested that we pause our routine inspections of national professional qualifications for the remainder of ...
Thursday, 20 November 2025
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Association of Colleges Annual Conference in Birmingham....
Thursday, 20 November 2025
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Schools and Academies Show in Birmingham....
Friday, 24 October 2025
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Young Carers Futures Conference in London....
Friday, 17 October 2025
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, spoke at the Confederation of School Trusts 2025 annual conference in Birmingham....
Thursday, 02 October 2025
Ofsted has today published its 17th annual report on the effectiveness of care, welfare and training arrangements for recruits, trainees and officer c...
Monday, 29 September 2025
Sir Martyn Oliver, Ofsted’s Chief Inspector, spoke at the 2025 Childcare and Education Expo in Coventry....
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Starting in the autumn of 2025, inspections will consider local areas’ multi-agency responses to child sexual abuse in the family environment. ...
Monday, 08 September 2025
Today, Ofsted has set out a renewed approach to education inspection that will give parents better and more detailed information, is fairer on profess...
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