Part III

Inspections in England
Chapter III

The Common Inspection Framework and Joint Inspections

The Common Inspection Framework

The framework.
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The Inspectorate and Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England must devise a common set of principles applicable to all inspections conducted under this Part.
2
When they have settled those principles in accordance with the provisions of section 70 they must set them out in a document to be known as the Common Inspection Framework (but referred to in this Part as “the framework”).
3
They must then publish the framework in such a way as they consider appropriate.
4
The first framework must be settled and come into effect by such date as the Secretary of State may direct.
5
The Inspectorate and the Chief Inspector, acting together, may at any time revise the framework.