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Strategy and inspection : Inspection : The inspection framework

The inspection framework

  • Ofsted inspection: pupil premium spending Understand how Ofsted will inspect your school's use of pupil premium. Doing so won't just to prepare you for inspection, but also inform your strategic plans as well as how you monitor and challenge the effectiveness of your pupil premium spending.
  • Ofsted inspection: role of link governors If you're a link governor, inspectors won't be formally assessing your role. But if you do speak to them, here's how you can demonstrate how you're effectively monitoring your school.
  • Ofsted inspection: safeguarding Understand what Ofsted expect to see in your school's safeguarding arrangements, and what evidence they'll collect during an inspection.
  • Ofsted inspection: SEN provision Understand how Ofsted will inspect your school's SEND provision. Doing so won't just to prepare you for inspection, but also inform your strategic plans as well as how you monitor and challenge that provision.
  • Ofsted: latest updates Stay up to date with all things Ofsted, including changes to the inspection handbooks and any murmurings about the new framework.
  • Section 48 inspections: guidance If your school has a designated religious character, you're responsible for organising section 48 inspections on top of standard Ofsted inspections. Learn how these inspections work and how often they should be conducted so you can be confident in fulfilling this duty.
  • Section 8 inspections for 'good' schools Find out what happens during a section 8 inspection under the 2019 Ofsted framework, and what your role is as a governor.
  • What’s changing in the new Ofsted framework? Find out about the key changes to Ofsted's inspection framework, which comes into force in September 2019.