

We are required to carry out our work in ways that encourage the services we inspect and regulate to improve, to be user-focused and to be efficient and effective in their use of resources, as set out in the Education and Inspections Act 2006. Inspectors will inspect types of provision for which they have appropriate expertise and training. They reflect the needs and expectations of different phases and the differences between various age groups. These handbooks set out how inspectors will make each of the inspection judgements. The framework is accompanied by an inspection handbook for each of the 4 remits:

All inspections carried out using the framework will meet relevant legislative requirements. These inspections are carried out under section 5 of the Education Act 2005 (as amended) the Education and Inspections Act 2006 section 109 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014 and the Childcare Act 2006. The framework reflects relevant legislation for each type of setting. Note that we use the term ‘learners’ throughout for brevity this should be read as all those attending education, skills and registered early years settings. It supports consistency across the inspection of different remits. The framework applies to the inspection of different education, skills and early years settings to ensure comparability when learners move from one setting to another.
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It sets out the principles that apply to inspection, and the main judgements that inspectors make when carrying out inspections of maintained schools, academies, non-association independent schools, further education and skills providers and registered early years settings in England (for a full list, see ‘provision inspected under the framework’). The framework has been devised by His Majesty’s Chief Inspector for use from September 2019. The education inspection framework (‘the framework’) sets out how Ofsted inspects maintained schools, academies, non-association independent schools, further education and skills provision and registered early years settings in England. See the guidance that will come into force on 1 September. This handbook is for use until 1 September 2023.
