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Introduction
Inspection reports provide objective and reliable accounts of the standards of provision within a school and
its compliance with regulations. Reports are intended to help schools to recognise and build on their
strengths and to remedy any weaknesses.
Grades
ISI does not make a single overarching judgement on a school but instead makes a clear judgement on each
aspect of its provision using one of the following four grades: excellent, good, sound and unsatisfactory. In
the context of pupils achievement, the grade exceptional may also be used. Registered Early Years
Foundation Stage settings are reported on separately and ISI is required to use the same terminology for
grades as in Ofsted reports: outstanding, good, satisfactory and inadequate.
Factsheet
A guide to ISI inspection reports
For more information about ISI inspections and to access the current Inspection Framework, visit
www.isi.net/schoolinspections.