Contact us
For enquiries you can contact us in several different ways. Contact details are below.
If you want to contact us to make a complaint or you have a concern about any service Ofsted inspects or regulates go to the How to complain page.
If you want to contact us to report concerns about practices and procedures for the safeguarding of children and young people in local authority services go to the Whistleblower hotline page.
Enquiries
By email
enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk
By online form
You can send us your question or comments via our Contact form.
We aim to get back to you as quickly as possible.
By telephone
The following helplines are open from 8.00am to 6.45pm, Monday to Friday:
| general helpline |
0300 123 1231 |
| about education or adult skills |
0300 123 4234 |
| prefix for Typetalk |
18001 |
| for textphone/Minicom users |
0161 618 8524 |
By post
Ofsted
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD
Further information:
- If you are a journalist or from the media, go to the Contacting the Press Office page.
- Most of our publications are only available as a free download and can all be found from the Resources page. For more information about getting a printed publication or a version of one of our publications in an alternative format, such as Braille or large print, go to the Publications page.