Care Standards

Care Standards

The Care Standards tribunal is responsible for handling appeals against decisions by the Secretary of State for Education, the Secretary of State for Health, Care Quality Commission, Ofsted or the Care Council of Wales which exclude, remove or suspend you from a register to work with or care for children or vulnerable adults. They are part of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber, one of 7 chambers of the First-tier Tribunal which settles legal disputes and is structured around particular areas of law.

You can read more about it on the First-tier Tribunal (Care Standards) website.

Coverage on Find Case Law

Date range — 1985 to 2026

What’s included — We currently hold 993 documents from 1985 to 2026.

All decisions from this tribunal were transferred to the National Archives in 2025. To view an archived version of the decisions of this tribunal from 1985-2025 visit the UK Government Web Archive.

Recent judgments

Case nameNeutral citationHanded down
Care & Normalisation Limited v Care Quality Commission Neutral citation [2026] UKFTT 849 (HESC) Handed down 09 Jun 2026
The Proprietor of Drive Preparatory School v Secretary of State for the Department of Education Neutral citation [2026] UKFTT 846 (HESC) Handed down 05 Jun 2026
M v Ofsted Neutral citation [2026] UKFTT 821 (HESC) Handed down 03 Jun 2026
Yes Care Limited v Care Quality Commission Neutral citation [2026] UKFTT 805 (HESC) Handed down 01 Jun 2026
Debra Anne Clancy v Ofsted Neutral citation [2026] UKFTT 794 (HESC) Handed down 28 May 2026

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