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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).

• From: Ofsted
• Published: 22 February 2017
• Last updated: 1 April 2026
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  1. 1 April 2026

     Updated Annex As for boarding schools and residential special schools.

  2. 5 April 2024

     Updated Annex A forms. There are now separate forms for boarding schools and residential special schools.

  3. 24 March 2023

     Updated Annex A forms for boarding schools and residential special schools.

  4. 11 March 2022

     Updated Annex A forms for boarding schools and residential special schools.

  5. 1 April 2021

     Updated Annex A forms for boarding schools and residential special schools.

  6. 18 August 2020

     Updated Annex A for assurance visits that Ofsted will carry out from September 2020.

  7. 22 February 2017

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Annex A: Request for information at a full inspection of boarding schools

ODT, 206 KB

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Annex A: Request for information at a full inspection of residential special schools

ODT, 378 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

Boarding and residential special schools need to complete Annex A when they receive notice of visits.

Read the social care common inspection framework for boarding schools and residential special schools.