Latest report · Ofsted register to 30 June 2026
What you get
Two things after each Ofsted release: a market brief for the Monday meeting and a workbook that becomes your call list. Here is what each holds, what the free first report covers and what the full report adds.
The brief
two pages, prints on A4
Page one · What moved
The market since the last Ofsted release, for every nursery, pre-school and club in England whoever runs it: settings opened and closed, places added, companies new to childcare, weak report cards, the local authorities that gained and lost most places, the groups that grew and shrank, and the inspection picture.
Page two · Who to call now
Four call lists, one for each kind of supplier: openings and new operators for software and insurers; weak report cards and first inspections due for trainers and consultants; expansions for food, resources and recruitment; group moves and handovers for anyone selling to groups. Each list names its settings and owners and says where the full list sits in the workbook.
The workbook
opens in Excel, filters to your territoryEvery row carries the setting, its local authority, region and postcode, the setting type, the owner and the company number where we find it. No telephone numbers or personal names appear anywhere.
| Tab | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Openings | Every setting run by a company or charity that joined the register, newest first, with places, registration date and owner. |
| Closures | Every such setting that left the register, with the places it had. In the full report, who reopened at its site and whether the name or places match. |
| Expansions | Every such setting whose registered places changed, largest first, with the owner's settings now. |
| Inspection triggers | Four call lists: never inspected 12 to 18 months after registering, inspected in the last 90 days, weak report card with the area that let it down, last full inspection over four years ago. |
| Groups and new operators | Full report. Every company or charity whose settings or places changed: settings and places at both dates, whether it is new to childcare, growing, shrinking or leaving, how many settings it took over, and its Companies House record, with incorporation date and company age, where we find one. |
| Territory | Full report. One row per local authority: settings and places at both dates, openings and closures by setting type. |
| Brief figures and Read me | Every number on the brief, tied to its rows; and the words we use, our rules and sources. |
Free and paid
Your first report, free
Up to 10 local authorities you name. The brief, with page one for all of England. The workbook's Openings, Closures, Expansions and Inspection triggers tabs for your authorities. Nothing is watermarked; the rows are the same rows a subscriber gets.
The full report, £495 a year, or £149 a report
All 154 local authorities, every quarter. The Groups and new operators tab: who grew, who shrank, who is new to childcare and how old the company is. Every handover, with the owner before and the owner after. Call lists already filtered to your territory with the reason each setting is listed, and each report starts where the last one ended, so a setting that opens in one report is on your inspection list in a later one.
Page two of the free brief says what the full report's group and handover list holds for England, without the names.
When it arrives
Ofsted publishes its register as at 31 March, 30 June, 31 August and 31 December, each a few months after the date. Your brief and workbook arrive by email within two working days of each release. The next release covers the register to 31 August 2026 and is expected in November 2026. Between releases Ofsted publishes no new register, so your report stays as it is.
Who is named
Settings run by companies and charities are named, with the owner as Ofsted holds it and the Companies House number where it matches. Settings run by individuals are counted in every total and never named; childminders and nannies are not covered. A company whose name may identify a person keeps its row with the owner withheld, so your totals add up. Our rules for weak report cards, handovers and the Companies House match are stated on the brief and in the workbook's Read me.