16 September 2024: Ofsted inspection handbook updated for 2024
Key changes include:
- Schools won't get an overall effectiveness grade in graded inspections anymore
- There are changes to how to work out the likely date of your school's next inspection
- Your school will be notified about routine inspections on a Monday morning
- Ungraded inspections will focus on whether schools have taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, and won't include deep dives
- Inspections can be suspended for 3 months, to allow leaders to improve safeguarding
For more details, see our summary of the handbook changes, as well as our more detailed summary of Ofsted changes for the 2023/24 academic year.
3 September 2024: Ofsted publishes results of its 'Big Listen'
Ofsted has outlined the main changes that it's making in response to its Big Listen.
Piloting over this autumn term: Ofsted will announce all inspections for that week on a Monday, with inspections taking