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Ofsted

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills. They inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills for learners of all ages.

Every week they carry out hundreds of inspections and regulatory visits throughout England and publish their report on online. Their goal is to achieve excellence in education skills for learners of all ages.

They are responsible for:

inspecting maintained schools and academies, some independent schools, and many other educational institutions and programmes outside of higher education
inspecting childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training
publishing reports of their findings so that they can be used to improve the overall quality of education and training
regulating a range of early years and children's social care services, making sure they are suitable for children and vulnerable young adults
reporting to policy makers on the effectiveness of these services

Please view our latest Ofsted Report directly from the Ofsted website here