• Find an adult learning and skills inspection report
• Understanding an adult learning and skills inspection report
• Types of adult learning and skills Ofsted inspects
• Inspecting adult learning and skills
  • Inspecting further education and skills
    • Before a further education and skills inspection
    • During a further education and skills inspection
    • After a further education and skills inspection
    • Main inspection documents for inspectors
  • Inspecting residential provision in colleges
  • Inspecting welfare and duty of care in Armed Services' training
  • Inspecting initial teacher education
• Safeguarding children and young people
• About our survey reports
• How to complain

Main inspection documents for inspectors

When we inspect a provider, inspectors look at the type of provision, different subject areas, and use a framework to guide them through the inspection.

The main inspection documents are the Common Inspection Framework for further education and skills 2012 and the Handbook for the inspection of further education and skills from September 2012.

 Documents and guidance used by inspectors for adult learning and skills inspections can be found in Supplementary guidance and resources for inspectors.