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A major initiative to ensure pregnant and breastfeeding women can make informed decisions about their healthcare
Guide for local authorities submitting the children looked after data return for the year 2026 to 2027.
Departmental advice containing the national minimum standards applicable to adoption agencies and adoption support agencies.
Guidance for local authorities, health commissioners, parents and young people on the trial to extend powers of the SEND tribunal.
Non-statutory guidance for schools, responsible bodies and childcare providers looking to open or expand school-based nursery provision.
List of early years initial teacher training (ITT) providers.
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.
Information on the DfE early years COVID-19 recovery programme, which offers leadership support, coaching and mentoring.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential provision of further education colleges.
The letter of notice and Annex A (request for information) for residential holiday schemes for disabled children inspections.
How to help different groups respond to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) consultation.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects secure 16 to 19 academies.
Leaflet for parents explaining what happens when vaccines have inadvertently been stored outside of the recommended storage temperature range.
Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse.
Guidance on infant and follow-on formula, the application form for infant and follow-on formula made from protein hydrolysates, and forms to notify the authority.
This information can help can help parents of babies with suspected or confirmed diagnosis of cleft lip discuss the condition with healthcare professionals.
Statutory guidance on providing effective advocacy services for children and young people making a complaint under the children Act 1989.
Guidance for local authorities about extending Personal Adviser (PA) support to age 25.
How adoption agencies should handle applications from people wishing to adopt a child from another country.
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
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