A comprehensive, editable school-inspection preparation pack updated for Ofsted’s September 2026 state-funded school inspection toolkit.

Includes a dedicated pupil case-sampling proforma, nine evaluation-area audits, SEF, SIP, evidence map, planning-call preparation document and grading descriptor checklist.

Prepare your school confidently for inspections taking place under Ofsted’s September 2026 toolkit.

This comprehensive leadership pack contains 15 editable resources designed to support accurate self-evaluation, improvement planning, evidence checking and inspection preparation. It is suitable for headteachers, senior leaders, governors, trustees, SENCOs, DSLs and subject or phase leaders.

The resources focus on demonstrating the difference the school’s work makes to pupils, particularly disadvantaged pupils, pupils with SEND, pupils known to children’s social care and others facing barriers to their learning or wellbeing.
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The pack includes:**

• Ofsted pupil case-sampling proforma
• School self-evaluation form
• School improvement plan for 2026–27
• Inspection evidence map
• Planning-call preparation document
• Grading descriptor checklist
• Safeguarding audit
• Inclusion audit
• Curriculum and teaching audit
• Achievement audit
• Attendance and behaviour audit
• Personal development and wellbeing audit
• Early years audit
• Post-16 provision audit
• Leadership and governance audit

Additional improvements

The documents include:

• September 2026 evaluation areas and terminology
• Expected, strong and exceptional standard prompts
• Safeguarding met/not-met criteria
• Evidence and impact fields
• Named ownership, milestones and review dates
• Representative pupil-group checks
• Normal-business evidence prompts
• Editable RAG ratings and spreadsheet validation
• Consistent, print-friendly formatting

All resources are supplied in editable Word or Excel formats so that they can be adapted to your school’s context.

This is an independently produced school-improvement resource. It is not an official Ofsted publication and does not guarantee a particular inspection outcome. Schools should continue to consult the latest statutory guidance and Ofsted publications.