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You may use and re-use information on Ofsted’s GOV.UK website (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium under the terms of the Open Government Licence. Please reference the source of the information, including a hyperlink.

You should send any enquiries about the use and re-use of any GOV.UK information to: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk. For any Ofsted-specific queries, please contact Ofsted’s Content team: contentteam@ofsted.gov.uk.

Ofsted logos

All Ofsted logos are protected under Crown Copyright. You should follow our guidance on logo use carefully and should not edit the logos in any way. We take misuse of our logos seriously and will follow up on anyone misusing them, especially if this is misleading the public.

We have 4 categories of logo. Any other ‘logos’ that are in circulation, such as ‘Ofsted approved’ or ‘Ofsted registered’ logos, are unofficial and should not be used. See more on logo misuse in the section Misuse and misrepresentation.

Our official logos are as follows:

The main Ofsted logo

You cannot use our main logo, unless in exceptional circumstances and with our express permission.

We only permit specific third parties to use our logo when we are co-hosting events or co-authoring publications with them. This is because the logo is seen as our endorsement. If you are working with us in this way, please contact Ofsted’s Content team about the logo: contentteam@ofsted.gov.uk.

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