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Inspectorates of British schools overseas: annual Ofsted report letters

Ofsted reports on the quality of the inspection work carried out by the inspectorates of British schools overseas.

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Ofsted
Published:
17 December 2014
Last updated:
14 May 2026
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  1. Added 2024–26 reports on the quality of inspections for the Independent Schools Inspectorate, Education Development Trust and Penta International.

  2. Added 2023/24 reports on the quality of inspections for the Independent Schools Inspectorate, Education Development Trust and Penta International.

  3. Added a note to clarify that we will not publish a letter for the academic year 2022 to 2023 as the Department for Education did not commission Ofsted to monitor any British schools overseas inspections.

  4. Added a note to clarify that we will not publish a letter for the academic year 2021 to 2022 as the Department for Education did not commission Ofsted to monitor any British schools overseas inspections.

  5. Added a note to clarify that we will not publish a letter for the academic year 2020 to 2021 as British schools overseas inspections were suspended this year due to restrictions resulting from the pandemic.

  6. Due to coronavirus (COVID-19), it was not possible for Ofsted to complete the annual commission for quality assuring the work of the inspectorates of British schools overseas in 2019/20. Therefore, the corresponding letter will not be published as usual this year.

  7. Added: Annual report on the quality of inspection work by the inspectorates of British schools overseas in the academic year 2017/18.

  8. Added 2017/18 annual report.

  9. Annual report on the quality of inspection work by the inspectorates of British schools overseas in 2016/17

  10. 2015/16 report letter published.

  11. 2014/15 report letter published.

  12. First published.

Documents

Report on the Independent Schools Inspectorate’s inspections of British schools overseas (BSO) in 2024–26

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Report on the Education Development Trust’s inspections of British schools overseas in 2024–26

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Report on Penta International’s inspections of British schools overseas in 2024–26

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Report on the Independent Schools Inspectorate’s inspections of British schools overseas (BSO) in 2023/24

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Report on the Education Development Trust’s inspections of British schools overseas in 2023/24

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Report on Penta International’s inspections of British schools overseas in 2023/24

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Annual report on the quality of inspection work by the inspectorates of British schools overseas in the academic year 2018/19

PDF, 169 KB, 3 pages

Annual report on the quality of inspection work by the inspectorates of British schools overseas in the academic year 2017/18

PDF, 161 KB, 3 pages

Annual report on the quality of inspection work by the inspectorates of British schools overseas in 2016/17

PDF, 330 KB, 3 pages

Inspectorates of British schools overseas annual report 2015/16

PDF, 214 KB, 3 pages

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Inspectorates of British schools overseas annual report 2014/15

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Inspectorates of British schools overseas annual report 2013/14

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Inspectorates of British schools overseas: an evaluation of the third year of inspection

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Inspectorates of British schools overseas: an evaluation of them second year of inspection

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Inspectorates of British schools overseas: an evaluation of the first year of inspection

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Details

British schools overseas may choose to be inspected against the British schools overseas standards by one of the approved overseas inspectorates. The Department for Education (DfE) commissions Ofsted to monitor and report on the quality of these inspections.

As in academic years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22, the DfE did not commission Ofsted to monitor any British schools overseas inspections in 2022/23. Therefore, we will not publish the report letter for 2022/23.

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