Ofsted
Requirements
If you want to contract as an Ofsted inspector, you will need certain qualifications and experience. These requirements will depend on whether you want to inspect:
You will also need to meet some technology requirements.
You must check those requirements before registering your interest.
Personal information
When you register your interest to become a contracted Ofsted inspector, you will need your:
- name
- email address
- mobile telephone number
- home address
Professional information
You will also need to tell us:
- what remits you can work in (for example, schools, further education and skills or early years childcare)
- whether you have a degree level qualification
- if you hold qualified teacher status
Employment
We will also ask you to tell us:
- who your current employer is
- your employers Ofsted unique reference number (known as a URN), if they have one
- your current job title
Register your interest
Thank you for your interest in becoming a contracted Ofsted inspector. There is currently a high volume of interest in our schools remit. Therefore, we are pausing any new registrations for contracted Ofsted inspectors in the schools remit whilst we process them. Please do keep checking back on this page for further updates. You can still register your interest for all other remits.
Next steps
If you meet the criteria for any contracted Ofsted inspector vacancies, we will contact you.
We will hold onto your details for 2 years. You should not attempt to re-register your interest in this time.
Last updated 3 February 2023 +show all updates
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Update about contracting as an Ofsted inspector in our schools remit added.
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First published.