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Guidance

Inspecting initial teacher education: guidance for inspectors

• From: Ofsted
• Published: 23 May 2014
• Last updated: 9 September 2015, see all updates

Guidance for inspecting initial teacher training under the common inspection framework from September 2015.

Documents

Initial teacher education inspection handbook from September 2015

MS Word Document, 799KB

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Initial teacher education inspection handbook from September 2015

PDF, 572KB, 58 pages

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Details

This handbook has instructions and guidance for inspectors conducting inspections of initial teacher education (ITE). It sets out what inspectors will do and what ITE partnerships can expect. It includes guidance for inspectors on making their judgements.

Document information

Published: 23 May 2014

Updated: 9 September 2015

+ full page history

1. 9 September 2015 The handbook has been updated for changes to the organisation of inspection; the deferral policy; and quality assurance of inspection reports and monitoring letters.
2. 2 March 2015 Updated with framework for inspection from 1 April 2015 reflecting the introduction of a new early years phase to ITE inspection.
3. 23 May 2014 First published.

From: Ofsted