• Are Boarding schools fully compliant ?
• How do you know?
• Where is your evidence and is it easily accessible?
• Will you satisfy the SCCIF (Maintained Schools) or are confident of meeting all NMS (Independent Schools)?
What really matters to Ofsted and ISI within a Compliance inspection is whether or not schools meet with all the regulations by which they are bound for boarding. However different from each other schools may be, they should be absolutely compliant with SCCIF (Maintained Schools) or meet all NMS (Independent Schools).
Supportive Boarding Schools inspire holistic development
When pupils attend boarding school, the benefits extend beyond academic goals. These schools are warm and caring environments where students can develop to their full potential. Within the very best boarding school environments, pupils have multiple opportunities to build important skills like independence, self-reliance, resilience adaptability, interpersonal communication which are inspected by ISI within the EQ Inspection.
Inspection INSET Outline
Outline of a typical inspection
• What will be looked at during and before?
• Who will be met?
• How is boarding judged?
Making sure your Boarding School is compliant
- What evidence do inspectors gather?
- What are the expectations from all boarding staff during the inspection?
- How confident are you that you meet the minimum requirements of the SCCIF or NMS?
Inspection Questions for Boarding Schools
• Preparing for the questions staff and boarding students will be asked by inspectors e.g. how do you deal with a complaint from a parent?
• Preparing boarding students for the boarding questionnaire
Impact of boarding school life on quality of students education
- In what ways does the boarding experience enhance student’s achievements and personal development?
- What communications are in place between boarding and day staff regarding boarding students?
- What staff training and development opportunities are in place?
- Is there an appropriate programme of activities provided for students to engage and interest them?
