Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.

Their values are putting children and learners first, and they are independent, evidence-led, accountable and transparent.

They inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. They also inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people.

Ofsted aims to improve lives by raising standards in education and children’s social care. They inspect and regulate thousands of organisations and individuals providing education, training and care – from childminders to training providers, schools to local authorities – and they share what they find.

They are responsible for:

Inspecting

• maintained schools and academies, some independent schools, colleges, apprenticeship providers, prison education and many other educational institutions and programmes outside of higher education
• childcare, local authorities, adoption and fostering agencies, initial teacher training and teacher development

Regulating

• a range of early years and children’s social care services, making sure they’re suitable for children and potentially vulnerable young people

Reporting

• publishing reports of findings so they can be used to improve the overall quality of education and training
• informing policymakers about the effectiveness of these services

 

Ofsted is a member of the National Preventive Mechanism which monitors and reports on places of detention and can be contacted on 0300 123 1231

 

Below is our Ofsted report - 13th September 2019