State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information
Management information aggregated and published monthly, and publications of inspections and outcomes from 2005 to 2015 and 2015 to 2019.
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Today
Official Statistics: Teacher development: inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2026
Official statistics covering initial teacher education (ITE) and inspections of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualifications (NPQ) lead providers in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Yesterday
Guidance: Area SEND inspections: information about ongoing inspections
Guides for parents, carers, children and young people about inspections of local services for children and young people with SEND.
Further education and skills inspections and outcomes: management information from September 2026 to August 2027
Management information for further education and skills, showing in-year inspection outcomes.
Official Statistics: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2026
Provisional data for the period 1 April 2026 to 31 August 2026 and revised data for the period 10 November 2025 to 31 March 2026.
Official Statistics: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2026
Provisional data for the period 1 April 2026 to 31 August 2026 and revised data for the period 10 November 2025 to 31 March 2026.
Thursday 5 November
Official Statistics: Teacher development: inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2026
Official statistics covering initial teacher education (ITE) and inspections of early career framework (ECF) and national professional qualifications (NPQ) lead providers in the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
Transparency data: Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2026
Ofsted spending over £25,000 in 2026.
Wednesday 4 November
Official Statistics: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2026
Provisional data for the period 1 April 2026 to 31 August 2026 and revised data for the period 10 November 2025 to 31 March 2026.
Tuesday 3 November
Guidance: Unregistered social care: how we apply monetary penalties
This policy explains when we impose monetary penalties (fines) against people running or managing unregistered social care, and how we determine the amounts of those fines.
Guidance: Guidance for inspectors and providers on using restraint, physical intervention and restrictions of liberty
Enabling providers to create positive environments where children can flourish.
Monday 2 November
Guidance: Area SEND inspections: information about ongoing inspections
Guides for parents, carers, children and young people about inspections of local services for children and young people with SEND.
Understanding Ofsted report cards and grades
This page explains Ofsted report cards for your child's education or childcare, including a video and guidance on what's changed from the old system.
Friday 30 October
Ofsted Parent View: management information
Management information published 3 times a year in the interests of transparency.
Form: Ofsted annual fostering data collection
Guidance and template for local authorities and independent fostering agencies to use when sending fostering data to Ofsted.
Ofsted's code of conduct: collaborative inspection and regulation
Our expectations of inspectors and providers during inspection or other regulatory activity.
Accredited official statistics: Children's social care in England 2026
Inspection data and information about the providers and places of children’s social care in England as well as inspections and inspection outcomes from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.
Thursday 29 October
Research: Children’s social care questionnaires 2026: what children and young people told Ofsted
Children and young people share their experiences of living in social care settings, including children’s homes, boarding schools, residential special schools, and living with foster carers.
Wednesday 28 October
Guidance: Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): supported accommodation
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects supported accommodation for looked-after children and care leavers aged 16 and 17.
Guidance: Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): children’s homes
Guidance on how Ofsted inspects children's homes.
Monday 26 October
Official Statistics: Ownership of children’s social care providers in England 2026
Information about the ownership of children’s social care in England as at 31 March 2026.
Official Statistics: Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes in England: August 2026
Provisional data for the period 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026.
Official Statistics: Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 August 2026
This release includes registered childcare providers and places, inspection outcomes, and joiners and leavers as at 31 August 2026.
Friday 23 October
Guidance: Ofsted safeguarding policy
Ofsted’s safeguarding policy and guidance for inspectors on handling safeguarding disclosures.
IDSR: news and updates
News and information about updates for each inspection data summary report (IDSR) release, including any new functionality, features and bug fixes.
School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide
This guide provides an overview of the inspection data summary report (IDSR) for primary and secondary schools, including schools with a sixth form, and gives guidance on how to interpret the data.