Section 5 Ofsted

Guidance for ofsted inspectors carrying out school inspections under section 8 of the education act 2005.

Section 5 ofsted. Where there is evidence that suggests a school may be inadequate in one or more of the graded judgements that would be made during a section 5 inspection the inspection will be converted to a full inspection usually within 48 hours. Currently on routine section 5 inspections it is often the case that inspectors give schools the opportunity to amend any administrative errors in the single central record in order to ensure it meets requirements. The modern rules section 5 of the education act 2005 means that inspections are much quicker and at shorter notice so teachers don t have time to do a tidy up but are also not subjected to pre inspection stress.

School inspection is currently set out in legislation through the education act 2005. Section 5 inspection known as exempt schools. From january 2018 we will convert a short inspection to a section 5 inspection normally within 48 hours if there are serious concerns about safeguarding behaviour or the quality of education.

News and updates on education inspection. This includes the new short inspection of good schools and also applies to outstanding schools which are exempt from section 5. Ofsted uses risk assessment to ensure that its approach to inspection is proportionate and so that it can focus its efforts where it can have the greatest impact.

Ofsted is required to inspect at prescribed intervals all schools to which section 5 applies. Sometimes inspectors will inspect a good school under section 8 in the first instance but determine that more evidence needs to be collected and that the school should be considered against the criteria for a full inspection. In this act the regular two day inspection is described in section 5 and other inspection in section 8 in england.

Stage one involves an assessment of each school based on analysis of. Risk assessment has two stages. This means that some schools have until the end of the inspection to make adjustments.