Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF)
Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF)
New Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF) has been launched and will be effective from September 2019
Please note that following its recent consultation Ofsted have updated several documents to be used from September 2019. The education inspection framework (EIF) will replace the current common inspection framework (CIF) that has been in place since 2015
These are:
Inspecting Safeguarding for September 2019
Early Years Inspection Handbook for September 2019
Education Inspection Framework 2019
EIF Equality & Diversity Statement 2019
Inspections until August will be carried out under the existing framework using the current Ofsted common inspection framework. From September the new education inspection framework(EIF) will be used for all inspections.
There are no changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework and the current inspection cycle will continue until September 2020.