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The '''Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted''') is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government (HMG), reporting to Parliament. Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and childcare services in England do so to a high standard for children and students. Ofsted is responsible for inspecting a range of educational institutions, including state schools and some independent schools. It also inspects childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training, and regulates early years childcare faci
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Ofsted - GOV.UK
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. We also inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people. Ofsted is a non-ministerial department.
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- Official name
- Office for Standards in Education
- Official website
- www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ofsted
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- inception
- 2002-00-00
- short name
- Ofsted
- social media followers
- 15500
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22 sectionsContents
- History
- Current state
- Inspectors
- School inspections
- 2005–2012
- 2012–2015
- Section 5
- 2015–2020
- Section 8
- Format of a 2018 report
- Emphasis in 2020
- Special measures
- Home educator inspections
- Other inspections
- Criticisms
- In popular culture
- Senior people
- His Majesty's Chief Inspector
- Chair of Ofsted
- See also
- References
- External links
The '''Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted''') is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's Government (HMG), reporting to Parliament. Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and childcare services in England do so to a high standard for children and students. Ofsted is responsible for inspecting a range of educational institutions, including state schools and some independent schools. It also inspects childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training, and regulates early years childcare facilities and children's social care services.
The chief inspector ("HMCI") is appointed by an Order in Council and thus becomes an office holder under the Crown. Sir Martyn Oliver has been HMCI ; the chair of Ofsted has been Christine Ryan: her predecessors include Julius Weinberg and David Hoare.