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How to monitor achievement

Understand how you can monitor achievement in your school, in line with the 2025 Ofsted inspection framework.

Last reviewed on 10 March 2026
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Contents
  1. What does Ofsted mean by achievement?
  2. Focus on high-level data rather than individual pupils
  3. Speak to senior leaders and link governors once you have a good sense of the data
  4. Monitor achievement regularly

What does Ofsted mean by achievement?

Under the 2025 framework, achievement is its own evaluation area and your school will receive a grade for it on Ofsted's 5-point scale.

When inspecting achievement, Ofsted looks at:

  • Outcomes in national tests and exams (e.g. KS2 tests, GCSEs and A-levels)
  • The progress pupils make across the curriculum from their starting points
  • Whether your school provides a high-quality education for all pupils that gives them the necessary skills, knowledge and qualifications to succeed in life, and equips them for the next stage of their education, training or employment, especially:
    • Disadvantaged pupils
    • Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)
    • Pupils who are known (or previously known) to children's social care
    • Pupils with other barriers to their learning/wellbeing

You can find this information in the State-funded Schools Inspection Toolkit (page 28).

While achievement is an area that inspectors