OFSTED

[KM8]

My children's school was inspected a few weeks ago. We are still awaiting the report to parents but we were told that it was a 2 day graded inspection with 1 HMI and 3 inspectors.
It is an infant school - why is it that they had all of those inspectors do you think? Is this normal now? I'm sure they've done amazing ot is such a lovely school.
Is it normal practice? A new headteacher has taken over last year. Normally I've only ever know 2 inspectors visit.

Ofsted inspectors have different skills. A team is made up as needed for that school and hence they vary. Some only do half a day or one day depending on their specialism and then leave the school.

Sometimes there is only one inspector sometimes more.

@KM8 this is normal for a full, graded inspection.

What is their current rating, and was their previous inspection ungraded or graded?

Good/outstanding schools normally get short ungraded inspections to confirm that they are still good/outstanding. They only get full graded inspections when there is some evidence that their grade might need to go up or down. There's a document called the IDSR that inspectors use to help determine that, but it's not visible to parents.

Single-word inspections were ditched since September 2024. However, under current rules, if a school gets "outstanding" for the four headline judgements in the report then everyone knows that means outstanding overall.