Useful Links

EYFS Statutory Framework 2025:
EYFS_statutory_framework_for_group_and_school_based_providers.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Education inspection framework (EIF)Updated 2025
This framework sets out Ofsted’s inspection principles and the grades that inspectors give.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-inspection-framework/education-inspection-framework-for-use-from-november-2025

Early years inspection: toolkit, operating guide and information
Guidance for inspectors and providers on inspecting registered early years settings in England under the renewed education inspection framework, available for use from 10 November 2025.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68c15c7f8c6d992f23edd81a/Early_years_inspection_toolkit.pdf

Early Years Inspection Information
Explains how the inspection process works for early years, the types of inspections, and what evidence inspectors gather:
🔗 Early years inspection information: for use from November 2025 (GOV.UK)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-inspection-toolkit-operating-guide-and-information/early-years-inspection-information-for-use-from-november-2025

Conduct during Ofsted inspections (Official GOV.UK page)
This is the official UK Government guidance that describes Ofsted’s expectations of both inspectors and providers during inspections — often referred to as Ofsted’s code of conduct. It applies across all inspection types under the Education Inspection Framework.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conduct-during-ofsted-inspections

Operating Guides for Inspectors – Early Years and Schools
The official operating guides for inspectors (for use under the renewed EIF from November 2025) also include the requirement that inspectors must act in accordance with the Ofsted code of conduct:


Working together to safeguard children December 2023:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65803fe31c0c2a000d18cf40/Working_together_to_safeguard_children_2023_-_statutory_guidance.pdf