Thanks to education experts Kate Foale and Phil Preston for their help in writing this article.
Use the inspection feedback
You'll be invited to a feedback meeting with your school leaders at the end of the final inspection day.
During the meeting, the lead inspector will share any recommendations for improvement (see paragraph 165 of the School Inspection Handbook).
Make sure your school leaders use the recommendations to help form your school's action plan. This will demonstrate how you intend to implement the recommendations.
It can be a stressful time for all involved, especially if the feedback is disappointing. Be sure to consider staff and headteacher wellbeing when challenging the action plan and in subsequent monitoring visits.
If you're clerking the feedback meeting, find out how to do this here.
Drafting the action plan is an operational task, so leave this to your senior leadership team