Pre-school Education: Inspections
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what conversations she has had with stakeholders about the impact of the Government’s June 2025 Ofsted accountability and inspection reform programme.
Answered by Georgia Gould
A robust and effective inspection system is essential to our mission to break down barriers, provide opportunities and drive high and rising standards for every child and young person. The revised Ofsted education inspection framework was published on 9 September 2025, with inspections beginning in November.
We continue to engage regularly with headteachers and sector representatives, including unions and organisations representing employees, on accountability including through forums such as the Improving Education Together group
Ofsted has a parent panel to provide regular engagement with a diverse group of parents and carers. This forum is used to explore views on inspection, reporting and how findings are communicated.
Ofsted is also undertaking ongoing activity to understand parents' views and ensure reforms reflect their priorities, and plan to evaluate its understanding of how parents engage with inspection information, with fieldwork later this year.
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