Inspection of boarding and residential schools

How boarding and residential schools are inspected: handbooks, guidance, minimum standards, letters.

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Services

• Boarding schools and residential special schools: visit documents

  Annex A form for boarding and residential special schools to fill in ahead of inspections under the social care common inspection framework (SCCIF).

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Guidance and regulation

• Boarding schools: national minimum standards
  • Guidance
  • 5 September 2022
  • Department for Education
• Social care common inspection framework (SCCIF): boarding schools and residential special schools
  • Guidance
  • 4 October 2024
  • Ofsted
• Positive environments where children can flourish
  • Guidance
  • 6 October 2021
  • Ofsted
• Unregistered school inspection handbook
  • Guidance
  • 1 September 2022
  • Ofsted
• Introduction to residential holiday schemes for disabled children
  • Guidance
  • 24 May 2024
  • Ofsted

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News and communications

Lord Nash speaks about opening up state boarding schools to more children

10 June 2013 — Speech

Department for Education

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Policy papers and consultations

• Inspection of boarding and residential provision in schools
  • 27 March 2015
  • Ofsted
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 16 January 2015

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Organisations

• Department for Education

• Ofsted