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Ofsted publishes updated policies for complaints about inspections and when it will pause inspections
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Ofsted sets out proposals for new approach to inspections including introduction of report cards
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Ofsted started nearly 900 investigations into potential unregistered children's homes this year alone, annual report reveals
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Ofsted suspends all routine inspections
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Ofsted to publish school inspection reports – including those giving ‘inadequate’ rating – during purdah
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Ofsted urges councils to improve support for homeless 16- and 17-year-olds, after research finds few are offered access to advocates
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Ofsted warns of “fundamental mismatch” between scale of demand and level of resource in SEND system
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Ofsted wins appeal over fairness of complaints procedures in special measures cases
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Ofwat and Defra face legal action for sewage spills dating back to the 1990s
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Older People's Commissioner calls for investigation into Welsh Government’s policy on testing in care homes
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Olympic park development body to see planning powers transferred back to councils
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Ombudsman “concerned” by London borough threat to close housing register application
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Ombudsman “encouraged” by response of city council to complaints-handling review
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Ombudsman accuses borough council of gatekeeping homelessness applications
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Ombudsman and council at loggerheads over failure to take homelessness application
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Ombudsman and council at loggerheads over whether transport policy for adult learners with special educational needs is in line with the law
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Ombudsman and Enforcement Conduct Board sign agreement to aid “better investigation” of complaints about bailiffs
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Ombudsman annual report reveals two-thirds of complaints upheld after detailed investigation
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