Guidance

Tell Ofsted you want to contract as an inspector

You can use this service to register your interest in contracting as an Ofsted inspector.

Applies to England

Requirements

If you want to contract as an Ofsted inspector, you will need certain qualifications and experience. These requirements will depend on whether you want to inspect:

You will also need to meet some technology requirements.

You must check those requirements before registering your interest.

Personal information

When you register your interest to become a contracted Ofsted inspector, you will need your:

  • name
  • email address
  • mobile telephone number
  • home address

Professional information

You will also need to tell us:

  • what remits you can work in (for example, schools, further education and skills or early years childcare)
  • whether you have a degree level qualification
  • if you hold qualified teacher status

Employment

We will also ask you to tell us:

  • who your current employer is
  • your employer’s Ofsted unique reference number (known as a ‘URN’), if they have one
  • your current job title

Register your interest

Thank you for your interest in becoming a contracted Ofsted inspector. Please note that we are likely to make changes to the registration of interest process in the near future which may require you to provide additional information. Please keep checking back on this page for further updates.

Register your interest

Next steps

If you meet the criteria for any contracted Ofsted inspector vacancies, we will contact you.

We will hold onto your details for 2 years. You should not attempt to re-register your interest in this time unless we contact you.

Published 19 January 2022
Last updated 3 February 2023 + show all updates
  1. Update about contracting as an Ofsted inspector in our schools remit added.

  2. First published.