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’s role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and care services in England do so to a high standard for children and students.
Ofsted is responsible for inspecting maintained schools and academies, some independent schools, and many other educational institutions and programmes outside of higher education in addition to childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training