Download our list of questions
This resource includes questions Ofsted might ask you about:
- Quality of education (curriculum)
- Personal development
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Leadership and management
- Safeguarding
Inspectors will tend to speak to you if have responsibility for individual subjects and/or aspects of the curriculum.
This resource is based on:
- Questions that middle leaders/subject leaders in 8 schools have been asked about their curriculum (for the 'quality of education' measure) under the 2019 Ofsted framework
- Advice from our associate education experts Alvin Jeffs, Gulshan Kayembe, Andrew Lagden, David New and Nina Siddall-Ward
Once you've familiarised yourself with these, use our subject-specific questions to help you prepare for the more detailed questions you might be asked if your subject is chosen for a 'deep dive'.
How inspectors decide what to ask
Focus your preparation time by identifying which areas inspectors are most likely to be interested in when inspecting your school.
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