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SIAMS inspections: what you need to know

Get ready for your next SIAMS inspection under the current framework and check you're clear on the relationship between these inspections and those conducted by Ofsted.

Last reviewed on 12 September 2024See updates
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Contents
  1. Check if you're likely to be inspected in 2024/25
  2. September 2024 evaluation schedule
  3. Link with Ofsted inspections
  4. Complete your own self-evaluation 

Check if you're likely to be inspected in 2024/25

There's a list of schools likely to be inspected under the statutory inspection of Anglican and Methodist schools (SIAMS) this academic year on the Church of England (CofE) website. 

Find the list on the SIAMS inspections page under the heading 'lists of schools likely to be inspected in 2024-2025'.

Note: the list of schools to be inspected is ‘expected’ rather than ‘guaranteed’ as there may be unannounced changes due to extraordinary circumstances.

Current inspection timings post-COVID

Normally you'd have a SIAMS inspection every 5 years from the date of your previous inspection.

However, due to COVID-19, inspections were suspended. This means your inspection will be carried out:

This applies until all schools have received their first SIAMS inspection in the ‘post-COVID’ suspension years. However,