• Find a children and families services inspection report
• Understanding a children and families services inspection report
• Types of children and families services Ofsted inspects
• Inspecting children and families services
  • Inspecting children's social care
  • Inspecting Cafcass
  • Inspecting children's centres
    • Before a children's centre inspection
    • During a children's centre inspection
    • After a children's centre inspection
  • Inspecting and assessing local authority children's services
• Types of children and families services Ofsted regulates
• Regulating children and families services
• Safeguarding children
• About our survey reports
• How to complain

Inspecting children's centres

The pages on the left will tell you what happens before, during and after a children’s centre inspection. This page has an overview.

Before an inspection

The Before an inspection page will tell you what happens before an inspection. It covers issues like the self-evaluation form and things the centre leader should do.

During an inspection

The During an inspection page will tell you what happens during an inspection. Inspectors will spend most of their time talking to people who use, work in or are otherwise connected to the centre and its work.

After an inspection

The After an inspection page will tell you what happens after an inspection. It covers issues like the inspection report and what happens if the centre is judged inadequate.