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Ofsted inspection framework: what it means for your school

Get to grips with the current inspection framework and the 4 judgement areas that inspectors will look at. Understand the difference between 'intent', 'implementation' and 'impact', and use our prompts to make sure you're on top of these key curriculum concepts.

Last reviewed on 2 December 2024See updates
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Contents
  1. Quality of education
  2. Behaviour and attitudes
  3. Personal development
  4. Leadership and management

Ofsted will inspect your school against 4 key judgements:

  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management

If you have a sixth form and/or early years provision, Ofsted will give judgements for those as well.

As of September 2024, you will no longer receive an 'overall effectiveness' judgement.

Quality of education

Your curriculum is at the heart of the 'quality of education' judgement, and Ofsted splits this into these 3 concepts:

  • Intent: your curriculum plan, including its design, structure and sequence
  • Implementation: how you teach and assess your intended curriculum
  • Impact: the outcomes for your pupils as a result of the education they've received

Inspectors won't judge them as 3 separate measures – they'll consider them all as part of your ‘quality of education’ judgement.

Intent: what are you trying to achieve with your curriculum? Your curriculum intent is what you want your pupils to know