Ofsted Inspection Readiness Day
£1,140
VAT included
A focused full-day, on-site review of your service's current Ofsted readiness.
Within the agreed scope, the review can also consider children's wishes, feelings and outcomes, training and supervision records, evidence of learning and improvement, and previous Ofsted actions where applicable. Immediate verbal feedback and written priority recommendations identify strengths, risks, evidence gaps and areas requiring improvement.
- Duration:
- Full day
- Delivery:
- On-site
Best for: Children's homes wanting an independent snapshot of where they currently stand and what should be prioritised before inspection.
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- Service and environment walk-around
- Observation of practice
- Children's record sampling
- Care and placement plan sampling
- Risk assessment review
- Safeguarding and incident sampling
- Staff file and safer recruitment sampling
- Leadership discussion
- Governance and quality assurance review
- Immediate verbal feedback
- Written priority recommendations
Ofsted Two-Day Intensive Review
£2,100
VAT included
£2,280 if booked individually · Save £180
Two dedicated on-site days allowing our consultant to undertake a more detailed review of your service, leadership, documentation and governance.
For services needing deeper assessment than a one-day review, this provides dedicated scrutiny across children's care, workforce compliance, leadership and governance, with written findings and a prioritised Service Improvement Plan. Observation of practice can also be included within the agreed scope.
- Duration:
- Two days
- Delivery:
- On-site
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- Two full on-site consultancy days
- Wider children's record sampling
- Care and placement planning review
- Safeguarding and incident review
- Staff file and safer recruitment review
- Training, supervision and appraisal sampling
- Property and environment review
- Leadership and management scrutiny
- RM and RI discussions
- Governance and QA review
- Evidence-gap identification
- Immediate feedback
- Written findings
- Prioritised Service Improvement Plan
Ofsted Inspection Essentials
£1,795
VAT included
A comprehensive independent assessment of your service's Ofsted readiness and governance.
Best for: Providers wanting to identify gaps and understand exactly where improvement is required.
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- Ofsted readiness audit
- Ofsted readiness tracker
- Staff file and HR compliance audit
- Children's records and documentation audit
- Safeguarding oversight review
- Leadership and governance assessment
- Quality assurance review
- Written findings
- Prioritised Service Improvement Plan
Ofsted Inspection Ready
£3,594
VAT included
For providers approaching inspection who need operational scrutiny alongside leadership preparation.
Preparing your people, practice and evidence for regulatory scrutiny through an Ofsted readiness audit and tracker, operational review and preparation for both the Registered Manager and Responsible Individual. The inherited Essentials review and additional Ready support bring together written findings, a prioritised Service Improvement Plan and leadership preparation.
- Duration:
- Two days
- Delivery:
- On-site
Best for: Services actively preparing their leadership and operations for Ofsted scrutiny.
Everything in Ofsted Essentials, plus:
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- Ofsted readiness audit
- Ofsted readiness tracker
- Staff file and HR compliance audit
- Children's records and documentation audit
- Safeguarding oversight review
- Leadership and governance assessment
- Quality assurance review
- Written findings
- Prioritised Service Improvement Plan
- Two on-site consultancy days
- Property and environment review
- Practice observations
- Registered Manager readiness support
- Responsible Individual readiness support
- RM/RI Interview Preparation Programme
- Mock regulatory questioning
- Inspection evidence guidance
- Updated Service Improvement Plan
Ofsted Intensive Improvement Programme
£7,794
VAT included
A structured intensive improvement programme for services requiring substantial hands-on support.
Hands-on support for children's services requiring stronger governance, leadership support, regulatory preparation or significant operational improvement. Regulatory questioning preparation can also be included within the agreed scope, alongside the structured four-week programme, evidence and action tracking, and end-of-programme progress review.
- Duration:
- Four weeks
- Delivery:
- Blended
Best for: Services where a one or two-day review will identify the issues, but additional consultancy is needed to implement and evidence improvement.
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- Structured four-week improvement programme
- Blended on-site and remote consultancy
- Leadership and management support
- RM/RI mentoring
- Ofsted readiness audit
- Children's documentation audit
- Staff compliance audit
- Safeguarding and governance review
- Quality assurance support
- RM/RI Interview Preparation Programme
- Service Improvement Plan
- Evidence and action tracking
- Inspection-readiness preparation
- End-of-programme progress review
Highest level of support
Six-Month Ofsted & Quality Partnership
£10,794
VAT included
Our intensive improvement programme combined with six months of ongoing quality assurance and leadership support.
Following the initial improvement programme, remote quality assurance, RM and RI mentoring, monthly governance oversight and leadership recommendations help embed improvement. Ongoing support monitors the Service Improvement Plan, documentation, safeguarding, incidents, workforce compliance, emerging risks and inspection readiness.
- Duration:
- Six months
Best for: Providers wanting to embed improvements rather than simply prepare for one inspection.
Everything in Ofsted Intensive, plus:
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- Structured four-week improvement programme
- Blended on-site and remote consultancy
- Leadership and management support
- RM/RI mentoring
- Ofsted readiness audit
- Children's documentation audit
- Staff compliance audit
- Safeguarding and governance review
- Quality assurance support
- RM/RI Interview Preparation Programme
- Service Improvement Plan
- Evidence and action tracking
- Inspection-readiness preparation
- End-of-programme progress review
- 6 months remote QA support
- RM/RI mentoring
- Monthly governance oversight
- Service Improvement Plan monitoring
- Children's documentation sampling
- Safeguarding and incident oversight
- Workforce compliance monitoring
- Quality assurance support
- Emerging risk identification
- Inspection-readiness monitoring
- Monthly leadership recommendations
Twelve-Month Ofsted & Governance Partnership
£14,394
VAT included
Our long-term Ofsted governance and improvement pathway.
Building sustainable quality, not short-term compliance, with external challenge and oversight embedded in your quality framework throughout the year. Following the initial intensive programme, ongoing leadership, governance, quality assurance and regulatory-readiness support helps sustain improvement. Regular identification of emerging risks can also be included within the agreed scope.
- Duration:
- 12 months
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- Structured four-week improvement programme
- Blended on-site and remote consultancy
- Leadership and management support
- RM/RI mentoring
- Ofsted readiness audit
- Children's documentation audit
- Staff compliance audit
- Safeguarding and governance review
- Quality assurance support
- RM/RI Interview Preparation Programme
- Service Improvement Plan
- Evidence and action tracking
- Inspection-readiness preparation
- End-of-programme progress review
- Full Ofsted Intensive Programme
- 12 months remote QA support
- Ongoing RM/RI mentoring
- Governance monitoring
- Service Improvement Plan oversight
- Documentation sampling
- Safeguarding and incident oversight
- Workforce compliance monitoring
- Leadership support
- Quality improvement
- Regulatory readiness
- Continuous improvement guidance