Guidance on how Ofsted inspects boarding schools and residential special schools.

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Assurance visits for boarding schools

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Assurance visits for residential special schools

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Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): boarding schools and residential special schools

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This framework sets out Ofsted’s process for inspecting boarding schools and residential special schools.

Our approach is underpinned by the following 3 principles that apply to all social care inspections:

  • to focus on the things that matter most to children’s lives
  • to be consistent in our expectations of providers
  • to prioritise our work where improvement is needed most

Published 22 February 2017
Last updated 19 March 2021 + show all updates

  1. Updated to reflect the changes to Ofsted’s post-inspection processes and complaints handling (including the timeline) that we introduced in September 2020. Minor edits for readability.

  2. First published.