Ofsted standards for official statistics
Ofsted's official statistics follow the standards defined in the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Statistics.
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- Ofsted
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- 20 June 2014
- Last updated
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Applies to England
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DocumentsOfsted’s explainingstatistical howpractice Ofstedis followsregulated by the UKOffice for Statistics AuthorityRegulation (OSR). The OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. (the code).
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This page contains our policies and skillsstatements.
Please providersvisit our Statistics at Ofsted. page for our statistical publications.
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Published 20 June 2014
Last updated 2530 OctoberApril 2023
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2026-04-30 09:30
We have replaced our statistical policy documents with 6 new documents to evidence how Ofsted applies the Code of Practice for Statistics. We published ‘Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics’, ‘Confidentiality and data management policy’, ‘Public involvement and engagement strategy’, ‘Quality management policy’, ‘Release practice policy’ and the ‘Revisions and corrections policy’. We also published our ‘Statistical work programme: April 2026 to March 2027’.
2023-10-25 09:30
Updated 5 documents; ‘Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008: statement of compliance,’ ‘Statement on user engagement,’ ‘Statement on revisions for official statistics,’ ‘Statement on confidentiality and data access’ and the ‘Statement of administrative sources.
Pre-releaseStatement Accessof tocompliance Officialwith Statisticsthe OrderCode 2008:of statementPractice offor complianceStatistics
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DocumentsOfsted’s explainingstatistical howpractice Ofstedis followsregulated by the UKOffice for Statistics AuthorityRegulation (OSR). The OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. (the code).
YouThe cancode alsorequires readproducers informationof aboutstatistics ourto riskpublish assessmenta methodologyseries forof schoolsorganisational policies and furtherstatements educationrelating to official statistics production.
This page contains our policies and skillsstatements.
Please providersvisit our Statistics at Ofsted. page for our statistical publications.
Updates to this page
Published 20 June 2014
Last updated 2530 OctoberApril 2023
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href="#full-history">+ show all updates
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Update history
2026-04-30 09:30
We have replaced our statistical policy documents with 6 new documents to evidence how Ofsted applies the Code of Practice for Statistics. We published ‘Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics’, ‘Confidentiality and data management policy’, ‘Public involvement and engagement strategy’, ‘Quality management policy’, ‘Release practice policy’ and the ‘Revisions and corrections policy’. We also published our ‘Statistical work programme: April 2026 to March 2027’.
2023-10-25 09:30
Updated 5 documents; ‘Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008: statement of compliance,’ ‘Statement on user engagement,’ ‘Statement on revisions for official statistics,’ ‘Statement on confidentiality and data access’ and the ‘Statement of administrative sources.
Details
DocumentsOfsted’s explainingstatistical howpractice Ofstedis followsregulated by the UKOffice for Statistics AuthorityRegulation (OSR). The OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. (the code).
YouThe cancode alsorequires readproducers informationof aboutstatistics ourto riskpublish assessmenta methodologyseries forof schoolsorganisational policies and furtherstatements educationrelating to official statistics production.
This page contains our policies and skillsstatements.
Please providersvisit our Statistics at Ofsted. page for our statistical publications.
Updates to this page
Sign up for emails or print this page
Update history
2026-04-30 09:30
We have replaced our statistical policy documents with 6 new documents to evidence how Ofsted applies the Code of Practice for Statistics. We published ‘Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics’, ‘Confidentiality and data management policy’, ‘Public involvement and engagement strategy’, ‘Quality management policy’, ‘Release practice policy’ and the ‘Revisions and corrections policy’. We also published our ‘Statistical work programme: April 2026 to March 2027’.
2023-10-25 09:30
Updated 5 documents; ‘Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008: statement of compliance,’ ‘Statement on user engagement,’ ‘Statement on revisions for official statistics,’ ‘Statement on confidentiality and data access’ and the ‘Statement of administrative sources.