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Pre-school Education: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many allegations of sexual abuse, sexual assault or other sexual offences in registered early years settings have been reported to Ofsted in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) sex of the allege

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
8 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many allegations of sexual abuse, sexual assault or other sexual offences in registered early years settings have been reported to Ofsted in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) sex of the allege

  2. 8 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The safety of our youngest children is our utmost priority, and the department continually monitors and reviews safeguarding requirements within early years settings to ensure children are kept as safe as possible. We set the standards that early years pr...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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