ABSTRACT
An OFSTED inspection team requires certain information in advance in order to understand the way in which the school operates. In the main, this is limited to what a school would normally be expected to have in place. Inspectors will need to see:
the headteacher’s Form and Statement;
the school prospectus;
the school development plan (or equivalent);
minutes of governing body meetings for the last 12 months;
the last annual report to parents and governors;
the staff handbook (if one is available);
curriculum policies, plans and guidelines for schemes of work already in existence;
plan of the school;
teaching time-tables for the week of the inspection;
other policy documents which are available in the school.
