Guidance

School inspections: staff and pupil questionnaire text

During full Ofsted school inspections, staff and pupils can give their views via an online survey. This page provides the questions for reference only.

• From: Ofsted
• Published: 16 January 2018
• Last updated: 27 November 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Staff survey questions: schools

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Pupil survey questions: schools

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Schools provide an online questionnaire to staff and pupils to fill in during inspections. Ofsted will give the school details of the online process when notifying them about the inspection.

Pupils and staff can complete the survey up to 3pm on the first day of a full 2-day inspection.  

These documents show the questions that the online questionnaire will ask. The questionnaires are confidential and complement evidence that inspectors gather from talking to pupils and staff during the inspection.

Published 16 January 2018

Last updated 27 November 2025 + show all updates

1. 27 November 2025

   Questions updated to align with the renewed education inspection framework.

2. 16 January 2018

   First published.