Ofsted Visit Analysis – Page 4

Waiting times since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit – all and south east authorities as at 06/11/2026

Table 4.1: South East only: Number of days since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit with a published report and likely window for next full inspection

Table 4.2: England: Number of days waited since start of last published full inspection

National Rank of 153	National LAs	Type	Grade	Days waited
1	Nottingham	ILACS2	Inadequate	1,579
2	Bristol	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,390
3	Rochdale	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,383
4	Bexley	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,369
5	Birmingham	ILACS2	Good	1,355
6=	Wokingham	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,341
6=	Stockton-on-Tees	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,341
8	North Somerset	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,334
9	Lincolnshire	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,292
10	Worcestershire	ILACS2	Good	1271
11	Southampton	ILACS2	Good	1,250
12	North Yorkshire	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,222
13=	St. Helens	ILACS2	Good	1,215
13=	Barking and Dagenham	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,215
15	Isles of Scilly	ILACS2	Inadequate	1,214
16=	Swindon	ILACS2	Inadequate	1.208
16=	Medway	ILACS2	Good	1,208
18=	Sheffield	ILACS2	Good	1,152
18=	Bolton	ILACS2	Good	1,152
18=	Barnsley	ILACS2	Good	1,152

Table 4.3: 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 4.4: Wait in days between completed post-covid ILACS inspections (start-date to start-date)

Grade before inspection	No.	Minimum	Average	Maximum
Outstanding	10	1,043	1,222	1,309
Good	31	1,050	1,238	1,400
Requires Improvement	23	952	1,204	1,344
Inadequate	9	1,092	1,213	1,379
All ILACS inspections	73	952	1,222	1,400
New authorities, no prior inspection	2	388	472	556
Grand total	71		1,202

Table 4.5: 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