Changes to education inspection from September 2015
Details of the changes to how Ofsted will inspect early years provision, schools and further education and skills from September 2015.
Ofsted has launched far-reaching changes to the way it inspects early years provision, schools and further education and skills. These changes will come in to effect from September 2015 and include:
- the introduction of a common inspection framework for all early years settings on the Early Years Register, maintained schools and academies, non-association independent schools and further education and skills providers
- short inspections for maintained schools, academies and further education and skills providers that were judged good at their last full inspection. These short inspections will be conducted approximately every 3 years
- significant changes to Ofsted’s inspection workforce. From September 2015, Ofsted will contract directly with inspectors for maintained schools, academies, non-association independent schools and further education and skills inspections
From this page you can access the new common inspection framework and supporting handbooks. There is also additional information outlining the key changes including materials from Ofsted’s national launch conferences.
The changes are a result of the consultation ‘Better inspection for all’ and subsequent response.
New Inspection Documents
The new common inspection framework and handbooks for Ofsted inspectors come into effect from September 2015 for the inspection of schools, further education and skills and early years provision:
- The common inspection framework: education, skills and early years from September 2015
- School inspection handbook from September 2015
- School inspection handbook for inspections under Section 8 of the Education Act 2005 from September 2015
- Further education and skills inspection handbook from September 2015
- Early years inspection handbook from September 2015
- Non-association independent school inspection handbook from September 2015
- Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills from September 2015
Explaining the changes
For a summary of changes, please read ‘The future of education inspection: understanding the changes’.
Source: Ofsted Website