Guidance

British schools overseas: standards for schools

The standards that inspectorates of British schools overseas refer to when they inspect schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 14 February 2014
• Last updated: 15 August 2023
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  1. 15 August 2023

     Revised standards came into force on 14 August. We originally published these for information in April.

  2. 14 April 2023

     Added revised standards which will come into force from 14 August 2023.

  3. 1 December 2016

     Added the revised standards which will apply from the 2017 to 2018 academic year.

  4. 14 February 2014

     First published.

Documents

British schools overseas: revised standards from 14 August 2023

PDF, 348 KB, 47 pages

Details

Guidance to help British schools overseas understand the standards that independent inspectorates use to inspect them.

Guidance for inspectorates about these standards is also available.