If any of the concerns listed above are identified for exempt schools, these schools will usually be inspected under the section 8 no formal designation procedures set out in the separate section 8 handbook. Short inspections of good schools The frequency of inspection is proportionate to the performance and circumstances of schools. Schools judged to be good at their previous section 5 inspection will normally receive a one-day short inspection, carried out under section 8, approximately every four years, as long as the quality of education remains good at each short inspection. The separate section 8 handbook explains how these short inspections will be carried out. Some good schools will automatically receive a full section 5 inspection instead of a section 8 short inspection. This will affect approximately a fifth of good schools, and will occur when Ofsted’s risk assessment process indicates that the quality of provision may have deteriorated significantly. As is the case for all schools, a good school may still receive a formal ‘no designation’ inspection carried out under section 8 at any time if: safeguarding, including a decline in the standards of pupils’ behaviour and the ability of staff to maintain discipline and/or welfare concerns, suggests that it should be inspected earlier than its next scheduled inspection a subject or thematic survey inspection raises more general concerns that suggest that it should be inspected earlier than its next scheduled inspection Ofsted has received a qualifying complaint about the school that, taken alongside other available evidence, suggests that it would be appropriate to bring forward the school’s inspection concerns are raised about standards of leadership or governance that suggest that it should be inspected earlier than its next scheduled inspection concerns are identified about the breadth and balance of the curriculum (including where the statutory requirement to publish information to parents is not met) that suggest that it should be inspected earlier it is part of any sample selected to ensure that HMCI’s Annual Report reflects evidence from a of schools of different types, phases and effectiveness HMCI or the Secretary of State has concerns about the school’s performance that suggest that it should be inspected earlier than its next scheduled inspection. Pupil referral units, special schools (including maintained special schools and non-maintained special schools) and maintained nursery schools that were judged good or outstanding at their previous section 5 inspection will normally receive short inspections approximately every four years carried out under section 8, to confirm that the quality of education remains good or outstanding.
If any of the concerns listed above are identified for exempt schools, these schools will usually be inspected under the section 8 no formal designation procedures set out in the separate section 8 handbook. Short inspections of good schools The frequency of inspection is proportionate to the performance and circumstances of schools. Schools judged to be good at their previous section 5 inspection will normally receive a one-day short inspection, carried out under section 8, approximately every four years, as long as the quality of education remains good at each short inspection. The separate section 8 handbook explains how these short inspections will be carried out. Some good schools will automatically receive a full section 5 inspection instead of a section 8 short inspection. This will affect approximately a fifth of good schools, and will occur when Ofsted’s risk assessment process indicates that the quality of provision may have deteriorated significantly. As is the case for all schools, a good school may still receive a ‘no formal designation’ inspection carried out under section 8 at any time if: safeguarding, including a decline in the standards of pupils’ behaviour and the ability of staff to maintain discipline and/or welfare concerns, suggests that it should be inspected earlier than its next scheduled inspection a subject or thematic survey inspection raises more general concerns that suggest that it should be inspected earlier than its next scheduled inspection Ofsted has received a qualifying complaint about the school that, taken alongside other available evidence, suggests that it would be appropriate to bring forward the school’s inspection concerns are raised about standards of leadership or governance that suggest that it should be inspected earlier than its next scheduled inspection concerns are identified about the breadth and balance of the curriculum (including where the statutory requirement to publish information to parents is not met) that suggest that it should be inspected earlier it is part of any sample selected to ensure that HMCI’s Annual Report reflects evidence from a of schools of different types, phases and effectiveness HMCI or the Secretary of State has concerns about the school’s performance that suggest that it should be inspected earlier than its next scheduled inspection. Pupil referral units, special schools (including maintained special schools and non-maintained special schools) and maintained nursery schools that were judged good or outstanding at their previous section 5 inspection will normally receive short inspections approximately every four years carried out under section 8, to confirm that the quality of education remains good or outstanding.
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