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Statutory guidance for local authorities on children who lose their looked-after status when remanded or sentenced to custody.
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
How local authorities can work collaboratively with other agencies to meet their duties on unregistered independent schools and out-of-school settings.
Presentations and notes for training multi-agency groups on identifying and preventing child neglect.
Exercises and guidance documents for training multi-agency groups on identifying and preventing child neglect.
Evidence and guidance to enable healthcare professionals to make improvements against wider factors that affect health and wellbeing.
Letter that Ofsted sends to independent fostering agencies giving notice of inspection and asking for particular information.
How a prospective or registered childcare provider can object if Ofsted intends to take steps that will affect their application or registration.
How Ofsted regulates applicants and childcare services that are only on the Childcare Register.
Guidance for inspectors carrying out a joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) of the multi-agency response to children and their families who need help in a local authority area in England.
Guidance for local authorities on the local offer for care leavers.
Criteria and advice for accredited early years initial teacher training providers offering the assessment only route to EYTS.
How local authorities should collect and submit data to complete the children’s social work workforce census.
Guidance for children's social care providers about distributing the 2026 annual survey, including a promotional poster that they can use.
This guidance, produced with Cambridge Family Law, aims to inform foreign surrogacy agencies about surrogacy laws in the United Kingdom.
How Ofsted will work with other organisations.
This leaflet answers your questions on the vaccine that protects babies against rotavirus infection.
Guidance for inspectors on carrying out joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of local area services, and links to the inspection reports.
This highlights the fundamental importance of social and emotional capabilities for achievement of all other outcomes for young people.
Information on indicators of local authority early education services, and ways to compare an individual local authority to other local authorities.
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