Ofsted

Ofsted Inspection Framework (from September 2019)

September 2024

Graded inspections no longer include an overall effectiveness grade

Inspectors will continue to give grades (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate) for the 4 key areas of inspection:

• Evaluating the quality of education
• Evaluating behaviour and attitudes
• Evaluating personal development
• Evaluating leadership and management

They will also make provision judgements for Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and sixth form, where relevant.

The links to the latest documents in the framework on Gov.UK are below:

Ofsted: Education Inspection Framework (EIF)

Ofsted: School inspection handbook

Ofsted: Section 8 school inspection handbook

Ofsted: Early Years inspection handbook

Ofsted: Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings