Inspection of boarding and residential schools

How boarding and residential schools are inspected: handbooks, guidance, minimum standards, letters.

Services

Boarding schools and residential special schools: visit documents

Annex A form for boarding and residential special schools to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).

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Guidance and regulation

Boarding schools: national minimum standards
- Guidance
- 5 September 2022
- Department for Education
Positive environments where children can flourish
- Guidance
- 6 October 2021
- Ofsted
Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): boarding schools and residential special schools
- Guidance
- 5 April 2024
- Ofsted
Unregistered school inspection handbook
- Guidance
- 1 September 2022
- Ofsted
Carrying out full joint inspections of youth offending work
- Guidance
- 30 August 2012
- Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, Closed organisation: HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, and HM Inspectorate of Prisons

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News and communications

Lord Nash speaks about opening up state boarding schools to more children

10 June 2013Speech

Department for Education

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Policy papers and consultations

Inspection of boarding and residential provision in schools
- 27 March 2015
- Ofsted
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 16 January 2015

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Organisations

Department for Education

Ofsted