🔍 Criteria browser · 55 criteria · 7 areas

What Ofsted actually looks for

Every criterion below is what Ofsted evaluates on inspection. For each one you'll see: the Ofsted focus, what Strong standard looks like and what makes it Exceptional, the specific question they'll ask staff, red flags to watch for, and the JLK Academy course that closes the loop.

🌟 Aim: Exceptional. Strong standard is the floor. Each criterion shows what Strong standard looks like and what it takes to be Exceptional. What Exceptional looks like →
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💡 How to use this in a huddle: at your next staff meeting, pick a random criterion (or filter to safeguarding + critical), read the JLK interpretation aloud, ask the staff question. If any answer is vague, that's your evidence-gathering agenda for the next week. This is how staff become truly inspection-ready — not by reading policies, but by rehearsing the answers.