It applies to all settings on the early years register, maintained schools and academies, non-association independent schools, and further education and skills providers.
The aim is to standardise inspection to ensure consistency across different remits, and make it easier to compare the inspection of different providers that cater for similar age ranges and when children and learners move from one setting to another.
Shorter more frequent inspection for schools, academies and further education and skills providers judged good at their last inspection, which will be inspected once every three years.
Full inspections of every non-association independent school by July 2018.
Next steps
Summary of findings from the consultation report, 'Better inspection for all'
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