Ofsted confirms changes to education inspection

On 9th September Oftsed announced that the new report card based inspection regime will commence in November 2025.

You can view videos of the report cards from their website here, this page also summarises the announcement.

Here are the links to the full toolkits for each of the educational settings:

The Education inspection framework has also been updated – you can download it here.

When inspections of state-funded schools begin in November, Ofsted has agreed with the Secretary of State to prioritise schools that volunteer for inspection – details of how to volunteer have not yet been released. Routine inspections will be introduced on or after 1 December, depending on the number of schools that volunteer.