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The home of Ofsted on 188体育. Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children鈥檚 Services and Skills. We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. We also inspect and regulate service鈥�

• Updated: 27 March 2020

Complain about a school - complaints process, when to complain to the Department for Education, the Education Funding Agency or Ofsted.

• Types of complaints

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• State schools

  State schools include: maintained schools academies and free schools Call鈥�

• Private schools

  Contact your local council or call your local police on 101 if you think a鈥�

• Special educational needs (SEN)

  If you want to complain about a school鈥檚 SEN support, you should do it鈥�

• Disability discrimination

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Ofsted recently consulted on changes to education inspections and the introduction of a new report card.

• Updated: 11 June 2025

Search for Ofsted inspection reports for childminders and childcare providers, schools, colleges, further education providers, children and families services

How to make a complaint to Ofsted about services we inspect and/or regulate, or about Ofsted鈥檚 representatives or service.

• Updated: 10 March 2023

Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a children鈥檚 home or secure children鈥檚 home.

• Updated: 26 October 2023

You might need to create a new Government Gateway account if you have forgotten both your user ID and password.

• Updated: 7 July 2020

This framework sets out Ofsted's inspection principles and the main judgements that inspectors make.

• Updated: 14 July 2023

How to register as a childminder or nanny: the Ofsted Childcare Register, the Early Years Register, who can register, how to apply.

Ofsted is consulting on a new approach to inspecting education providers and the introduction of report cards.

• Updated: 3 February 2025