The inspection framework

Understand how Ofsted will inspect achievement in your school/trust and the key evidence it will consider.

Be clear on how attendance and behaviour will be inspected in your school under the 2025 Ofsted inspection framework.

Be clear on how your school's curriculum and teaching will be inspected under the Ofsted framework.

Find out how Ofsted will inspect your school's Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), and what inspectors will be looking for under the 2025 inspection framework.

Understand how Ofsted will inspect the 'inclusion' evaluation area in your school.

Understand how Ofsted will inspect leadership and governance in your school/trust and the key evidence inspectors will consider.

Understand how Ofsted will inspect personal development and wellbeing in your school, and the key evidence it will consider.

Understand how Ofsted will inspect your school's post-16 provision, and the evidence inspectors will consider under the school inspection framework.

Get to grips with how Ofsted will inspect safeguarding in your school under its inspection framework.

Understand how Ofsted will inspect your school's SEND provision as part of the 'inclusion' evaluation area, so you can feel confident when your school gets the call. Learn more about your meeting with inspectors and what to expect.

Relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) won't be inspected on its own – instead, Ofsted will look at how your school is meeting statutory requirements for RSHE, and consider it as part of its evaluations.

Understand how Ofsted will inspect your school's use of the pupil premium. Doing so won't just prepare you for inspection, but will also inform your strategic plans, as well as how you monitor and challenge the effectiveness of your pupil premium spending.

Ofsted inspectors won't formally assess your role as a link governor or trustee. If you do speak to them, here's how you can demonstrate that you're effectively monitoring your school or trust.

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Summary evaluations are Ofsted's approach to gathering findings about a multi-academy trust. Find out what happens at each stage of the process, what Ofsted will expect and what it's likely to consider.

Ofsted inspectors won't grade your school's policies, but they'll want to know how it's implementing them. Understand what inspectors would want to see from your school.

If your school has a designated religious character, you're responsible for organising section 48 inspections on top of standard Ofsted inspections. Be clear on what these inspections are and how they work, so you can be confident in fulfilling this duty.

Find out when your school will be eligible for monitoring inspections, how often they'll happen and the process for moving out of a 'category of concern'. Plus, see a step-by-step guide for every type of monitoring inspection.