Every Ofsted children's home report, read for you.
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The issue for the week ending 11 October 2026.
What is inside each issue
Four sections, in the same order every week, so you always know where to look. Every figure is counted from the published record, never estimated.
The week in four numbers
How many reports Ofsted published, how many were Good or better, and how many homes improved or declined on their last inspection. It is the fastest read on how the sector's week went.
When something stands out, such as homes climbing back from Inadequate, it gets a line of its own.
This week's grades
The full grade mix for the week's reports, rather than a single average, so you can see how the week compares with the national picture.
Three things inspectors flagged
The concerns coming up most often in the week's reports, counted from the text of the reports themselves rather than from the grades alone.
This is the section managers act on: if the same thing is being flagged across the sector, it is worth checking before an inspector checks it for you.
Rated Inadequate this week
Every home rated Inadequate that week, with its area, the grade it held before and the main reason in one line. It shows what an Inadequate judgement looks like in practice.
Counted, not commented
The Bulletin exists because the numbers already exist. We read the record so you do not have to.
Every published report
Built on the full public record of Ofsted children's home inspections, counted by the week each report was published.
Written from the record
Figures are counted, never estimated, and the commentary explains what moved rather than arguing a position about it.
Short, on purpose
Ofsted publishes over a hundred children's home reports most weeks. The Bulletin gives you the shape of the week in about two minutes.
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