Schools: Inspections

(asked on 4th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria are used to commission Ofsted to carry out spot inspections on schools.


Answered by
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David Laws
This question was answered on 17th June 2014

Ofsted has been carrying out Section 8 inspections at schools with serious behavioural problems since January 2014. No-notice inspections can also be triggered by parental complaints or safeguarding concerns.

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