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Inspection visits to further education and skills providers judged to require improvement

Proposed changes to how Ofsted visits further education and skills providers judged to require improvement.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
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Ofsted is seeking your views on proposed changes to inspection visits to further education and skills providers who are judged to require improvement.

We currently carry out support and challenge visits to providers that require improvement, resulting in unpublished letters. We propose instead to carry out a single monitoring visit, which will result in a published report with progress judgements.

The consultation document and questionnaire

The consultation document provides background information on the proposal. You can access the consultation questionnaire in 2 formats:

  • the Word version of the questionnaire can be filled in by hand or on your computer
  • the PDF version of the questionnaire can be filled in by hand

You can also complete the questionnaire online.

Information sheet

The information sheet contains links to the consultation document and the online survey. It can be downloaded and shared electronically or printed.

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