This audit pack gives you a full set of editable tools to help you evaluate and improve your school's curriculum and teaching provision. Every document is designed to support strategic self-evaluation, save time and help you plan next steps with clarity. You'll get:

☑️ A 46-page editable Curriculum and Teaching Audit document

This key audit document has structured reflection questions and prompts across eight essential areas that are fully aligned with the Ofsted 2025 School Inspection Toolkit. It includes space to evaluate strengths, identify gaps and consider a wide range of evidence. The eight areas are:

• Strategic leadership of curriculum and teaching
• Securing strong foundations for all pupils
• School and subject curriculum design
• Teaching practice and delivery
• Inclusive curriculum and teaching
• Professional development and continuous improvement
• Culture, collaboration and community engagement
• Evaluating impact and continuous improvement

Work through it at your own pace with colleagues and stakeholders.

☑️ Action plan template

A simple, editable Word document to help you capture priorities and set clear, strategic next steps.

☑️ Document checklist

Helps you identify and gather the key curriculum and teaching documents that support your school's self-evaluation.

☑️ Question bank

Editable questions to support curriculum-focused pupil voice, staff feedback, parent/carer engagement and governor scrutiny – ideal for triangulating evidence.

☑️ One-page summary template

A flexible Word template for sharing key findings with SLT, governors or trust leaders.

☑️ PDF guidance: Auditing your School's Provision

A 22-page printable guide to help you audit effectively, with practical tips on planning, reviewing and involving others in the process. Guidance is also included on what the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit says about the Curriculum and Teaching area and how this is inspected.

Every document is provided in an editable Word format, except for the PDF guide.

This audit pack is designed for anyone with responsibility for leading, evaluating or improving curriculum and teaching in a school, including headteachers, deputy heads, assistant heads and curriculum leads, as well as phase leaders or subject leaders with wider curriculum responsibilities.

It's particularly useful for those overseeing curriculum planning, implementation and teaching quality, whether at whole-school level or within a phase. Leaders preparing for Ofsted inspection can use the pack to structure their self-evaluation and highlight how curriculum and teaching decisions are informed by evidence and pupil need.

Senior leaders and trust executives can also use the pack to support broader improvement work, including line management, curriculum reviews across schools, and shaping trust-wide expectations around curriculum leadership and teaching quality. It's a practical tool for evidencing strengths and gaps ahead of inspection under the Ofsted 2025 School Inspection Toolkit.

This comprehensive audit pack helps busy school leaders tackle the key curriculum and teaching challenges when evaluating and improving their school's provision. Whether you're conducting a curriculum review in preparation for Ofsted inspection, evaluating teaching quality across your school, planning improvement priorities or strengthening your self-evaluation, this pack provides the support you need. It'll help you answer:

"How can I audit our curriculum and teaching provision effectively across all key areas?" The comprehensive audit framework guides you through systematic evaluation across eight essential themes, with structured questions and evidence prompts fully aligned to the Ofsted 2025 School Inspection Toolkit to ensure thorough coverage.

"What should I be looking for when reviewing curriculum intent, implementation and impact?" Detailed audit questions help you evaluate whether your curriculum is ambitious, coherently sequenced and effectively delivered, with clear evaluation criteria that reflect statutory requirements and best practice in curriculum design. To look at curriculum impact, the Achievement Audit can help.

"How do I know if our teaching is consistently effective across all subjects and year groups?" Specific audit sections focus on teaching quality, pedagogical approaches and assessment for learning - helping you identify what's working well and where professional development is needed.

"What evidence demonstrates effective curriculum leadership and strategic vision?" The audit framework helps you gather and evaluate evidence of curriculum leadership impact, from subject leader expertise to governor oversight and whole-school curriculum coherence.

"How can I review whether all pupils are securing strong foundations in reading, writing and mathematics?" Dedicated audit questions address foundational skills teaching, early identification of gaps, intervention effectiveness and provision for pupils who haven't yet secured essential knowledge.

"How do I evaluate whether our curriculum is truly inclusive and accessible for all pupils?" Comprehensive sections examine curriculum adaptations, adaptive teaching approaches, support for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND, and whether reasonable adjustments maintain ambition whilst removing barriers.

"How can I involve different stakeholders in evaluating our curriculum and teaching?" Voice-gathering tools and question banks help you systematically collect feedback from pupils, staff, parents and governors to strengthen your curriculum evaluation and ensure provision meets community needs.

"What's the best way to identify priorities for improving curriculum and teaching quality?" The action planning template helps you synthesise audit findings into clear, manageable next steps with realistic timescales and accountability measures linked to your school improvement plan.

"How do I present audit findings to senior leaders and governors?" The one-page summary template helps you communicate key strengths, areas for development and recommended actions clearly and concisely, supporting strategic decision-making around curriculum improvement priorities.

This pack gives you everything needed to conduct thorough, evidence-based evaluation of curriculum and teaching provision so you can identify what's working well, address any gaps with confidence, and demonstrate how your school's curriculum prepares all pupils for future success.

If you’re reviewing your curriculum and teaching provision, these related resources can help you strengthen subject leadership, support governance and explore staff knowledge more deeply.

Achievement Audit

This audit pack acts as a companion to the Curriculum and Teaching Audit and allows you to explore the impact of your work. It's also part of Ofsted's inspection toolkit.

Curriculum Link Governor Support Pack

Helps link governors ask informed questions, understand curriculum responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to strategic conversations about intent, implementation and impact.

Personal Development and Well-Being Audit Pack

A companion audit tool that supports whole-school self-evaluation of pupil well-being, personal development and inclusion – useful for triangulating wider curriculum impact.

Have a look at what's in the pack here: Curriculum and Teaching Audit Pack