Pre:1 Plans a time to make initial contact with the school which will occur no sooner than diocesan Contacts inspector and Initial contact with notification of the school moderator to inform inspector to agree and no later than two them of the name of the availability days following this. school to be inspected Initial contact with moderator to agree availability Pre:2 Pre:3 Pre:4 Pre:5 Pre:6 Headteacher notified of the inspection, and details of the The pre-inspection Inspector(s) phone call is held and The headteacher informs Pre-inspection documentation the chair of governors, work and contracts requested. Inspector school staff and parents sent out to asks the head to of the arrangements for inspectors and populate the meetings the school’s Diocesan schools that will constitute part Inspection Contact inspector of the inspection and moderator to process share contact details of each with the other The headteacher Pre:7 sends the requested documentation Pre:8 outlined in the The inspector reads to the inspector. documentation and Inspection contract forms some is signed by the hypotheses. chair of governors and returned to the DDfE Pre:9 The headteacher prepares the school for inspection, ensuring the availability of pupils, staff and governors as timetabled,
Pre:1 Contacts inspector and moderator to inform them of the name of the school to be inspected Plans a time to make initial contact with the school which will occur no sooner than diocesan notification of the school and no later than two days following this. Initial contact with moderator to agree availability Initial contact with inspector to agree availability Pre:2 Pre:3 Pre:4 Pre:5 Pre:6 The headteacher informs the chair of governors, school staff and parents of the arrangements for the school’s Diocesan Inspection Headteacher notified of the inspection, and details of the Inspector(s) Pre-inspection work and contracts sent out to inspectors and schools Contact inspector and moderator to share contact details of each with the other The pre-inspection phone call is held and documentation requested. Inspector asks the head to populate the meetings that will constitute part of the inspection process Pre:7 The headteacher sends the requested documentation outlined in the to the inspector. Inspection contract is signed by the chair of governors and returned to the DDfE The inspector reads documentation and forms some hypotheses. Pre:8 Pre:9 The headteacher prepares the school for inspection, ensuring the availability of pupils, staff and governors as timetabled,
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