![]() ![]() For the purpose of inspection, leaders are those responsible for making decisions about how the school operates, including decisions relating to behaviour and the curriculum. This always includes the headteacher and other senior staff. Throughout the handbook, we have clarified what we mean when we refer to leaders in maintained schools and academies. If the school has resolved the safeguarding concerns, its overall grade is likely to improve. ![]() The process will broadly follow other monitoring inspections but will focus on whether safeguarding is now effective. Early monitoring inspectionsįor the small number of schools judged inadequate due to ineffective safeguarding alone, we will return for a monitoring inspection within 3 months. If minor safeguarding improvements are identified, this will not stop a school being judged good or outstanding. If they cannot, provided they have taken steps to resolve the issue, safeguarding can still be judged effective. Schools may be able to make minor safeguarding improvements before the end of their inspection. This could include administrative errors in paperwork or out-of-date policies. Minor improvements are only things that do not have an immediate impact on the safety of pupils. We have also added more clarity on what we mean when we say that schools need to make minor safeguarding improvements. ![]() Schools that require minor safeguarding improvements The definition makes clear that we expect all schools to have an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils’ interests first and protects them from serious harm. It explains how we will evaluate this during an inspection. We have brought the references to schools having a safeguarding ‘culture’ into a single clear definition. made some wider changes to our safeguarding guidance, including regarding ‘culture’, minor improvements and early monitoring inspections.clarified what we mean by ineffective safeguarding.We want to make sure that our judgements around safeguarding are well understood. launched a consultation on our complaints procedure which is open until 15 th September 2023 – please do respond to it if you canĪnd we’ve made some updates to other areas, which this blog will outline.published a separate blog which clarifies when schools can expect their next inspection.We’ve now updated our guidance and reports to reflect these changes. In June 2023, we committed to making a number of changes to the way we inspect and report, including around safeguarding. With pupils and teachers now returning to school for a new academic year, this blog gives an overview of some of the recent changes to the school inspection handbook and the way we inspect schools. ![]()
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