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Inspection of maintained schools and academies

How schools maintained by local authorities are inspected: handbooks, guidance for schools and parents, grades, letters.

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Guidance and regulation

• How Ofsted inspects maintained schools and academies

  Detailed guide

  6 August 2018

  Ofsted

• Common inspection framework: education, skills and early years from September 2015

  Guidance

  28 August 2015

  Ofsted

• How Ofsted will select new schools for inspection

  Guidance

  6 August 2018

  Ofsted

• Using Ofsted’s inspection data summary report (IDSR): 16 to 19
  • Guidance
  • 15 August 2018
  • Ofsted
• Handbook for short, monitoring and unannounced behaviour school inspections
  • Guidance
  • 17 July 2018
  • Ofsted

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News and communications

Termination warning notice to Sandymoor Free School

13 July 2018

Department for Education

Correspondence

1. Amanda Spielman's speech to the Policy Exchange think tank
   • 9 July 2018
   • Ofsted
   • Speech
2. Termination warning notice to Beechen Cliff School
   • 5 July 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Correspondence
3. Amanda Spielman at the Education Policy Institute conference
   • 3 July 2018
   • Ofsted
   • Speech
4. Termination notice to Discovery Learning Limited
   • 29 June 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Correspondence

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Policy and engagement

• Changes to Ofsted’s statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for maintained schools and academies 15 March 2018

  Ofsted

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 18 January 2018

• Publication of statistics on maintained schools and academies: inspections and outcomes 28 August 2015

  Ofsted

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 29 July 2015

• Review of alleged inspection irregularities at three Norfolk academies: DAC Beachcroft LLP
  • 27 January 2015
  • Ofsted
  • Independent report
• 2012 maladministration investigation procedures
  • 1 October 2012
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper

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Transparency

• Children in good or outstanding schools: August 2018
  • 9 August 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Academy trusts: notices about poor performance
  • 12 July 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Changes to Ofsted’s statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for state-funded schools: an analysis of the changes
  • 27 June 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Official statistics
• State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 March 2018
  • 26 June 2018
  • Ofsted
  • Official statistics
• Termination warning notice to Landau Forte Academy Moorhead
  • 21 June 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Decision

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Organisations

1. Department for Education

1. Ofsted