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The evaluation schedule for the inspection of maintained schools and academies from January 2012
30 Mar 2012Ofsted
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This document was updated in March 2012.
The evaluation schedule provides outline guidance and grade descriptors for the judgements that inspectors will report on when inspecting schools under section 5 of the Education Act 2005 from January 2012.
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.