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Guidance on how Ofsted inspects adoption support agencies.
Our privacy notices set out what data we collect, what we do with it, how long we keep it for and your rights under the Data Protection Act 2018.
This guide is for providers and commissioners to help them understand the registration requirements with CQC and Ofsted and when to register with one or both regulatory bodies.
We publish these summaries when we or the setting need to take action to ensure they are meeting the requirements for registration.
Information for providers, parents and carers about what happens when we suspend a childcare provider’s registration.
Introduction to Ofsted's role in registering childcare and the legal basis for our work.
The provider portal allows Ofsted and the provider to share documentation during an inspection.
How to refer a possible unregistered school to Ofsted for investigation.
What Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks you need to have in place and how Ofsted will check the use of the DBS checks and certificates on inspection.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a residential family centre.
Ofsted's official statistics follow the standards defined in the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Statistics.
You must tell Ofsted when anyone aged 16 or over stops living or working with you where you look after children.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential provision of further education colleges.
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse.
Guidance on the education inspection approach to providers’ and inspectors’ duties under the Equality Act 2010.
If you are on the Early Years Register, we will carry out regular inspections. We inspect 10% of providers only on the Childcare Register each year.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects voluntary adoption agencies.
The letter of notice and Annex A (request for information) for residential holiday schemes for disabled children inspections.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects secure 16 to 19 academies.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a JTAI of the multi-agency response to the identification of initial need and risk (often referred to as the ‘front door’).
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