The document - ‘Flawed inspections - Ofsted-related protocol’, explains how Ofsted determines whether an inspection is ‘flawed’ and needs to be deemed ‘incomplete’, and if so what steps are taken.
Examples of when an inspection may be considered ‘flawed’, it says, include where ‘key judgements that might affect the overall outcome of the inspection are given orally by the lead inspector at final feedback to the provider or stated in the written report, and are not substantiated by the evidence gathered and recorded by the inspection team.’
Another example is where evidence gathered and recorded during the inspection cannot be relied upon to provide a ‘fair and accurate’ view of the provider, or where the inspector or inspection team has not gathered ‘sufficient evidence’ or ‘evidence of sufficient quality’.
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