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Inspection of schools rated ‘requires improvement’
Schools rated 'requires improvement' may receive a monitoring inspection prior to a section 5 re-inspection. Read on to find out more about the frequency of inspections for schools rated 'requires improvement', and what happens during such inspections.
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- Frequency of Ofsted inspections
- Inspection judgements: grade descriptors
- Inspection of alternative provision
- Section 8 inspections for 'good' schools
- What’s changing in the new Ofsted framework?
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