Event Summary

From November 2025, school inspections are changing. With a new 5-point grading scales, report cards, monitoring inspections and a focus on inclusion, join Westminster Insight’s School Inspections Conference to to gain valuable insights and practical guidance to help your school prepare for the next inspection.

Hear directly from experts and school leaders, including those who have experienced a new inspection, sharing insight on priority areas for inspections and what to expect from the phone call to the new grading scales.

Ofsted are putting disadvantaged and vulnerable children at the heart of reforms with a new specific grade for inclusion. School leaders will share best practice on evidencing support for disadvantaged pupils, including pupils with SEND and known to social care.

With Education Support’s independent review of wellbeing published, gain insight into the role of an additional inspector and how Ofsted incorporates well-being and workload into inspections.

Dive into the new inspection toolkits shaping how schools are evaluated. Discover the latest monitoring system for schools needing improvement, key timelines and inspection cycles, and practical steps to accelerate progress.

Whether you are a primary, secondary or alternative provision setting, don’t miss this opportunity to network with peers and learn from experiences of the new inspection process.

We look forward to bringing you the full agenda and speaker lineup shortly.

Key Points

  • The new inspection process: what’s changed and how will it impact you?
  • Understanding how report cards will work in practice: spotlight key areas including curriculum and teaching, inclusion, achievement, attendance and behaviour, leadership and governance and personal development and wellbeing
  • New grading scales
  • Changes to safeguarding: how to ensure you meet requirements
  • A spotlight on inclusion: how to measure and evidence inclusion in your setting
  • Focusing on professional well-being and workload through a collaborative approach to inspection
  • Understanding the ‘similar schools’ approach
  • Exploring the new system for monitoring schools where improvement is needed

Group discounts

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