Useful resources

• Ofsted and Ali websites
• Essential documents

Ofsted Website

It is important that key skills co-ordinators and managers keep up to date with information relating to inspection.

• Full details of the inspection process for secondary schools (as well as special schools, pupil referral units, primary and nursery schools) are available at: www.ofsted.gov.uk.

Essential documents:

Essential documents for colleges:

• ‘ The Common Inspection Framework for inspecting education and training’
• ‘The Handbook for Inspecting Colleges’ June 2005
• ‘Quality improvement and self-assessment’

Essential documents for schools:

• ‘ The Common Inspection Framework for inspecting education and training’
• ‘Every Child Matters. The framework for inspecting schools in England from September 2005’
• ‘Conducting the Inspection - guidance for inspectors of schools’

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Summary of this section

• Overview of the revised inspection processes  
  Information about the changes in inspection introduced by Ofsted in September 2005 including links to 'Every Child Matters'.
• The role of self assessment and key skills
  Information and advice about Annual Self Assessment Reports (SAR) and the role of SAR in inspection reports.
• Key skills: what might inspectors be looking for?
  Information and advice on the type of evidence that inspectors may look for in the quality of key skills provision in a centre.
• Messages for managers
  Advice for managers on effective key skills practice to help meet Inspection requirements.
• Useful resources
  Useful resources on preparing for inspection and the inspection process.
• Overview of the revised inspection processes
  Information about the changes in inspection introduced by Ofsted in September 2005 including links to 'Every Child Matters'.
• The role of self assessment and key skills
  Information and advice about Annual Self Assessment Reports (SAR) and the role of SAR in inspection reports.
• Key skills: what might inspectors be looking for?
  Information and advice on the type of evidence that inspectors may look for in the quality of key skills provision in a centre.
• Messages for managers
  Advice for managers on effective key skills practice to help meet Inspection requirements.
• Useful resources
  Useful resources on preparing for inspection and the inspection process.