Ofsted Visit Analysis – Page 4

Waiting times since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit – all and south east authorities as at 04/08/2025

Table 4.1: Number of days since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit with a published report

National Rank of 153	National LAs	Type	Grade	Days waited
1	North East Lincolnshire	ILACS1	Inadequate	1,400
2	Bedford Borough	ILACS1	Good	1.358
3	Warwickshire	ILACS1	Good	1,351
4	Richmond upon Thames	ILACS1	Good	1,281
5	Shropshire	ILACS1	Good	1,274
6=	Sefton	ILACS1	Inadequate	1,260
6=	Leeds	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,260
8=	Merton	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,253
8=	Bath and North East Somerset	ILACS1	Good	1,253
10	West Berkshire	ILACS1	Good	1,239
11=	Torbay	ILACS1	Good	1,232
11=	Manchester	ILACS1	Good	1,232
13=	Wolverhampton	ILACS1	Good	1,225
13=	Stockport	ILACS1	Good	1,225
15=	Wigan	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,183
15=	Sandwell	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,183
15=	Kent	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,183
18=	Redcar and Cleveland	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,141
18=	Coventry	ILACS1	Good	1,141

Table 4.2: Last 20 published reports: number of days waited, and position on the waiting list when picked, at the start of last Ofsted full inspection

Table 4.3: Wait in days between completed post-covid ILACS inspections (start-date to start-date)

Grade before inspection	No.	Minimum	Average	Maximum
Outstanding	3	1,043	1,169	1,309
Good	9	1,050	1,201	1,316
Requires Improvement	9	952	1,111	1,218
Inadequate	2	1,092	1,208	1,323
All ILACS inspections	23	952	1,162	1,323
New authorities, no prior inspection	2	388	472	556
Grand total	25		1,107

Table 4.4: All-time longest waits for a main inspection

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The dashboard has five pages and covers ILACS and SEND inspections, with all manner of filters and visualisations available.

All the data on these pages have been produced by SESLIP analysis of information published at Ofsted’s report pages, which involves manual data transfer and is therefore subject to errors and omissions. If you spot anything that looks wrong, please contact Richard Tyndall 07880-787007