Services we register and inspect
We register and then inspect the following types of service:
- care homes that provide personal care or nursing care (or
both)
- adult placement schemes
- domiciliary care agencies (often known as home care
agencies)
- nurses agencies.
All children’s services have now been transferred to Ofsted.
There are some exceptions:
- Some care homes for younger adults which accommodate older
chidren in transition to adulthood or for emergerncy or respite
care
- domiciliary care services used by childen and young people
- further education colleges registered as care homes
(also known as independent specialist colleges).
We still regulate and report on these services.
Reports on children’s services and council children’s service
inspection reports are available on the Ofsted website.
For all queries about children's services, contact Ofsted at:
Ofsted National Business Unit
Royal Exchange Buildings
St Ann’s Square
Manchester
M2 7LA
It is a criminal offence to run one of the
above services unless we have received and granted (approved) an
application for registration.