Inspection Report

The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills are responsible for:

inspecting maintained schools and academies, some independent schools, and many other educational institutions and programmes outside of higher education
inspecting childcare, adoption and fostering agencies and initial teacher training
publishing reports of their findings so they can be used to improve the overall quality of education and training
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 to policymakers on the effectiveness of these services