School Improvement and Inspections

🔒 Fully aligned to the 2026 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

Ofsted inspection can feel daunting when you're an assessment lead, especially if you're new to the role or haven't experienced an inspection under the current framework.

Designed specifically for assessment leads, this focused preparation pack translates the 2026 School Inspection Toolkit into practical guidance about your role during inspection. You'll understand when and how you'll engage with inspectors, what questions they're likely to explore and how to demonstrate how assessment is used effectively to support pupils' learning and track their progress across the school.

You'll get:

☑️ Assessment Lead Inspection Role Guidance –  clear explanation of when you'll be involved during inspection, what happens during focused leadership discussions and work scrutiny, and what inspectors want to understand from you

☑️ Example Ofsted Assessment Lead Questions – realistic questions you might be asked during inspection conversations, helping you practise articulating your approach and identify any areas to strengthen

☑️ Further supporting documents – including a leader action checklist to build your inspection knowledge, an inspection readiness tool to evaluate your current practice against toolkit statements, and editable grade descriptor grids highlighting achievement and assessment across the framework

This Ofsted assessment lead resources pack helps to build your confidence to articulate your work clearly and supports you to prepare effectively without creating unnecessary workload. All templates are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context and use them as part of your ongoing assessment leadership, not just for inspection preparation.

👉 Looking for further support on preparing for inspection? These resources are also available as part of the full Ofsted Inspection Preparation Pack too.

🔒Updated to align with Ofsted's 2025 School Inspection Toolkit

This behaviour self-evaluation form template provides a comprehensive framework for headteachers, SLT and behaviour leads to assess and improve behaviour systems across their school. The editable Word document guides you through a structured annual review of your behaviour policy implementation, culture and outcomes.

Key features:

• Complete school context analysis - track pupil numbers across behaviour support plans, suspensions, alternative provision and safeguarding links
• Nine core evaluation areas - from leadership and policy compliance to staff training and pupil outcomes
• Evidence-based assessment - suggested sources and documentation for each area to support your RAG ratings
• Governor accountability - ready-to-share format for governing body oversight and challenge

This structured approach helps you identify gaps before they become issues, ensuring your behaviour systems are robust and compliant. Whether you're preparing for inspection, addressing governing body questions, or simply wanting to strengthen your school's behaviour culture, this template provides the systematic review process that's often missed in busy school schedules.

Ideal for headteachers who need to demonstrate impact, behaviour leads seeking to improve and embed their practice, and SLT members preparing evidence for external scrutiny.

Rising costs and reduced funding are huge challenges that schools face when managing their budgets. This supportive bundle, designed for headteachers, principals and school business managers, gives you four cost saving toolkits that you can utilise to explore how to maximise income coming into your school as well as reduce unnecessary costs. Each toolkit covers a key pain point in school budget management: low pupils numbers, high staffing costs, managing SEND and linked budgetary costs, and planning an effective and efficient school budget. These provide ideas and reflective questions to work through in order to identify cost-saving measures, supporting your thought process when managing and balancing your entire school budget.

For greatest effect, purchase the full pack which contains all four toolkits but each toolkit is available individually too. 👇

👉 Looking for more budget support? These templates are also available in the full School Budget Management Pack, which can also help you to plan your budget and evaluate your financial management understanding in order to develop your skills and knowledge.

Updated for 2026.

Assess health and safety provision across your school with this comprehensive audit toolkit designed for school leaders and premises managers.

This pack gives you everything you need to evaluate H&S compliance, identify risks, and ensure your school is a safe environment for pupils, staff and visitors.

You'll get:

☑️ Full editable audit tool (28 pages) – comprehensive questions across 16 key areas of health and safety provision, from risk assessment and fire safety through to premises maintenance, security and crisis management

☑️ Health and safety action plan template – structured document to capture findings, prioritise actions and assign responsibilities with clear timescales for implementation

☑️ 7-page health and safety audit guidance document – clear instructions on planning your audit, who to involve, what evidence to gather, and how to use your findings to strengthen H&S provision and meet your legal duties

🔎 Want a closer look? Click here to preview the audit pack🔗 

👉 This audit pack is part of our Complete School Leadership Audit Set, which includes eleven audits in one purchase, saving you money whilst ensuring you can evaluate your entire school provision across all Ofsted evaluation areas plus plus three essential good practice audits.

🔒 Fully aligned to the 2026 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

Ofsted inspection can feel daunting when you're a designated teacher for looked-after children, especially if you're new to the role or haven't experienced an inspection under the current framework.

Designed specifically for designated teachers, this focused preparation pack translates the 2026 School Inspection Toolkit into practical guidance about your role during inspection. You'll understand when and how you'll engage with inspectors, what questions they're likely to explore and how to demonstrate the excellent work you're already doing to support looked-after and previously looked-after children.

You'll get:

☑️ Designated Teacher Inspection Role Guidance – clear explanation of when you'll be involved during inspection, what happens during focused leadership discussions and case sampling, and what inspectors want to understand from you

☑️ Example Ofsted Designated Teacher Questions – realistic questions you might be asked during inspection conversations, helping you practise articulating your approach and identify any areas to strengthen

☑️ Further supporting documents – including a leader action checklist to build your inspection knowledge, an inspection readiness tool to evaluate your current practice against toolkit statements, and editable grade descriptor grids highlighting looked-after children's provision across the framework

This Ofsted designated teacher resources pack helps to build your confidence to articulate your work clearly and supports you to prepare effectively without creating unnecessary workload. All templates are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context and use them as part of your ongoing leadership for looked-after children, not just for inspection preparation.

👉 Looking for further support on preparing for inspection? These resources are also available as part of the full Ofsted Inspection Preparation Pack too.

🔒 Fully aligned to the 2026 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

Ofsted inspection can feel daunting when you're a school business manager, especially if you're new to the role or haven't experienced an inspection under the current framework.

Designed specifically for school business managers, this focused preparation pack translates the 2026 School Inspection Toolkit into practical guidance about your role during inspection. You'll understand when and how you'll engage with inspectors, what questions they're likely to explore and how to demonstrate the excellent operational work you're already doing to ensure resources support the school's priorities, statutory compliance is maintained and operational systems enable the school to function effectively.

You'll get:

☑️ School Business Manager Inspection Role Guidance – clear explanation of when you'll be involved during inspection, what happens during focused leadership meetings and document reviews (particularly the single central record if this is your responsibility), and what inspectors want to understand from you

☑️ Example Ofsted School Business Manager Questions – realistic questions you might be asked during inspection conversations, helping you practise articulating your approach and identify any areas to strengthen

☑️ Further supporting documents – including a leader action checklist to build your inspection knowledge, an inspection readiness tool to evaluate your current practice against toolkit statements, and editable grade descriptor grids highlighting leadership and governance (and where resource management and compliance connect) across the framework

This Ofsted school business manager resources pack helps to build your confidence to articulate your work clearly and supports you to prepare effectively without creating unnecessary workload. All templates are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context.

👉 Looking for further support on preparing for inspection? These resources are also available as part of the full Ofsted Inspection Preparation Pack too.

This handy bundle focuses on exploring your financial management skills in order to effectively manage your school budget. Designed for headteachers, business managers or anyone with responsibility for finance in schools, the three resources in this pack can help you determine your current level of understanding about school budget management and, crucially, what knowledge and skills you need to develop to manage the budget effectively. For this reason, it's ideal for new heads, academy headteachers or anyone stepping into school budget management for the first time. 

👉 Looking for more budget support? These templates are also available in the full School Budget Management Pack, which can also help you to plan your budget and identify where cost savings can be made.