Ofsted Visit Analysis – Page 4

Waiting times since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit – all and south east authorities as at 09/07/2026

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	1,459
2	Dudley	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,347
3	Trafford	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,326
4	Lancashire	ILACs1	Good	1,319
5=	South Tyneside	ILACs1	Inadequate	1,312
5=	Blackpool	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,312
7	Bristol	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,270
8=	Slough	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,263
8=	Rochdale	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,263
8=	Hertfordshire	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,263
11	East Riding of Yorkshire	ILACS2	Good	1,256
12	Bexley	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,249
13	Birmingham	ILACS2	Good	1,235
14=	Wokingham	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,221
14=	Stockton-on-Tees	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,221
16=	West Sussex	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,214
16=	North Somerset	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,214
18	Middlesbrough	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	1,214
19	Lincolnshire	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,171
20	Worcestershire	ILACS2	Good	1,151

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	8	1,043	1,221	1,309
Good	28	1,050	1,241	1,400
Requires Improvement	17	952	1,180	1,316
Inadequate	8	1,092	1,203	1,379
All ILACS inspections	61	952	1,216	1,400
New authorities, no prior inspection	2	388	472	556
Grand total	63		1,193

Table 4.5: All-time longest waits for a main inspection

Our friends at LIIA, working with D2I have produced more Ofsted analysis Ofsted inspections Power BI dashboard (external link hosted by LIIA).

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