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Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills

The new OFSTED (the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills) came into being on 1 April 2007. It brings together the wide experience of four formerly separate inspectorates. It inspects and regulates care for children and young people, and inspects education and training for learners of all ages.

The Education and Inspections Act 2006 set out the general duties to be placed on Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of schools and preserves the Chief Inspector’s independent and sole responsibility for inspection judgements. It also put in place a new governance structure, creating a non executive chair and members who, along with the Chief Inspector, form the Office which has responsibility for setting the strategic direction of Ofsted.

• HM Chief Inspector of Schools in England: Christine Gilbert OBE
• Address: Alexandra House, 33 Kingsway, London WC2B 6SE
• Website: www.ofsted.gov.uk
• Telephone: 08456 404045
• Fax: 020 7421 6707
• Email: enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk