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

1. Common inspection framework: education, skills and early years from September 2015
   • Guidance
   • 28 August 2015
   • Ofsted
2. How Ofsted inspects maintained schools and academies
   • Detailed guide
   • 6 August 2018
   • Ofsted
3. Using Ofsted’s IDSR: early years foundation stage profile to key stage 4
   • Guidance
   • 30 May 2018
   • Ofsted
4. Handbook for short, monitoring and unannounced behaviour school inspections
   • Guidance
   • 17 July 2018
   • Ofsted
5. Using Ofsted’s inspection data summary report (IDSR): 16 to 19
   • Guidance
   • 15 August 2018
   • Ofsted

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News and communications

31 October 2018 — Correspondence

Amanda Spielman letter to the Public Accounts Committee

Ofsted

1. Termination warning notice to William Lovell Church of England Academy
   • 11 October 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Correspondence
2. Termination notice to Sandye Place Academy
   • 1 August 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Correspondence
3. Termination warning notice to Sandymoor Free School
   • 13 July 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Correspondence
4. Amanda Spielman's speech to the Policy Exchange think tank
   • 9 July 2018
   • Ofsted
   • Speech

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Research and statistics

1. Changes to Ofsted’s statistical reporting of inspection outcomes for state-funded schools: an analysis of the changes
   • 27 June 2018
   • Ofsted
   • Official statistics
2. State-funded schools inspections and outcomes as at 31 March 2018
   • 26 June 2018
   • Ofsted
   • Official statistics
3. Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 August 2017
   • 3 April 2018
   • Ofsted
   • Official statistics
4. Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 March 2017
   • 25 October 2017
   • Ofsted
   • Official statistics
5. Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 December 2016
   • 22 March 2017
   • Ofsted
   • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. 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
2. Publication of statistics on maintained schools and academies: inspections and outcomes
   • 28 August 2015
   • Ofsted
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 29 July 2015
3. 2012 maladministration investigation procedures
   • 1 October 2012
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Academy trusts: notices about poor performance
   • 24 September 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
2. Children in good or outstanding schools: August 2018
   • 9 August 2018
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency
3. Analysis of Ofsted outcomes for sponsored academies since 2010
   • 5 December 2017
   • Department for Education
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Department for Education

1. Ofsted