This folder contains provisional statistics on the inspection of further education and skills providers in England. Each quarterly release comprises commentary, charts and tables in pdf format, charts and tables in Excel format, and the underlying data in Excel format.

The timetable for future releases of official statistics about further education and skills inspections and outcomes is in the Schedule for the release of official statistics.

The following field names and descriptors provide a guide on the data within 
the Excel file containing the underlying data. A full description 
of the judgements can be found in the Common inspection framework for further 
education and skills 2009 and the Common inspection framework for further education and skills 2012 on the Ofsted website.

Field name 				Description

Unique reference number			A unique number to distinguish between each 
					individual provider.

Provider type				How the provider is classified.

Date of inspection			The date of the inspection. If the duration 
					of an inspection is more than one day, this is 
					the last date of the inspection.This may differ
					from the date published on our website which is
					the first day of inspection.
	
Inspection type				The type of inspection that has occurred. 
					Includes full inspection and re-inspection

Inspection judgements			1 = Outstanding
					2 = Good 
					3 = Requires improvement
					4 = Inadequate 
					- = Not applicable, insufficient evidence or 
					did not receive a judgement


If you have any further queries please email inspectioninsight@ofsted.gov.uk.