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Guidance for SIAS Inspectors

Date Added: Thursday 3rd May 2007

Statutory Inspection of Anglican Schools (SIAS)

The Process

Ofsted alerts the Diocese to a school  inspection

Inspector selected and contacted by the Diocese

Contracts and letters are sent to school

Inspector and school liaise on most suitable date for inspection, documents sent from school to inspector

Church House informed of agreed inspection date

Pre-inspection briefing paper sent to school from inspector

Inspection

Draft report sent to Diocese for quality assurance within five working days of the inspection

Draft report returned to inspector with any comments within 3 working days

Draft report sent to school for factual accuracy check and returned within 2 working days

Final report sent to school within 12 working days of completion of inspection

Inspector sends report to school and electronic copy to Church House

Inspection report and inspector’s payment claim forwarded to National Society

Inspection report posted on Diocesan website within one month of the inspection

Although we send out all the documentation you need for doing inspections and you have received a template for report writing, we thought it would be useful to make all these available to you here.

VA Report Template Word

VA JRF Word

VC Report Template Word

VC JRF  Word

Contract Word

Payment Claim Form Word

Inspection Framework PDF

 

Grade Descriptors Word

SIB template Word

Preparing for Inspection Guidance PDF 

Writing Guidance PDF

Working with the new Diocesan report template Word

Training

Please remember that to remain registered as a SIAS inspector you are supposed to do two training courses each year, one national and one diocesan.  Details of National Society courses can be found on the National Society website.  Details of Diocesan courses will be sent to all inspectors registered with us.

Diocesan Updates

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National Society Updates

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