Guides
Plain answers to what a fostering service or a children’s home actually has to deal with about AI, records and inspection. Written from published guidance, quoted rather than paraphrased, and sourced at the foot of every one so you can check us.
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What Ofsted asks a fostering agency for when it gives notice of inspection
Two working days’ notice, usually on a Thursday, and four things due by 4pm that day. What the framework asks for in its own words, and what inspectors read when they arrive on Monday.
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How Ofsted looks at AI, and what you need to be able to show
Ofsted does not inspect AI tools. It inspects the decisions your service made about using one. What the guidance says in its own words, why “may ask” is doing more work than people think, and the three questions worth being able to answer.