Conducting school inspections: guidance for inspectors of schools from January 2012

16 Dec 2011 Ofsted

Ref: 090097

This guidance is to assist inspectors in carrying out section 5 inspections of schools. It sets out the main activities to be undertaken from the time the school is notified that it is to be inspected until the publication of the report.

Schools can use this guidance to see how inspections will be conducted.

The schools subject to section 5 inspections are:

• community, foundation and voluntary schools
• community and foundation special schools
• maintained nursery schools
• academies (sponsor-led academies, academy converter schools, academy special schools, free schools, university technical colleges, 16–19 academy schools and studio schools)
• city technology colleges
• city technology colleges for the technology of the arts
• certain non-maintained special schools approved by the Secretary of State under section 342 of the Education Act 1996.

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