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Office for Standards in Education: Records relating to the establishment of OFSTED

Catalogue reference: KT 17

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KT 17

This series includes policy files and high-level operational records dealing with the transfer of all functions for inspecting schools to the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED). Files include inspection frameworks and high-level...

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Reference
KT 17
Title
Office for Standards in Education: Records relating to the establishment of OFSTED
Date
1985-1997
Description

This series includes policy files and high-level operational records dealing with the transfer of all functions for inspecting schools to the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED). Files include inspection frameworks and high-level governance records which illustrate how the Office was established, how the new legislation was implemented, and how OFSTED agreed on its role and the scope of work internally, with Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England (HMCI), and with the Department for Education.

This series contains records which pre-date the creation of the Office for Standards in Education

Arrangement

Arranged by file reference

Separated material

Records relating to high-level development of corporate plans and annual reports have been included in

KT 1

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
HMI
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Office for Standards in Education, 1992-1992
Physical description
84 file(s)
Access conditions
Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition

From 2019 Office for Standards in Education

Custodial history
These records have been in the custody of the Office since establishment; certain files and responsibilities were inherited from the Department for Education and Science when OFSTED was formed in 1992.
Accumulation dates
1991 to 1994
Accruals
No further accruals are anticipated
Selection and destruction information
Records selected under Records Collection Policy
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16436308/

Catalogue hierarchy

Over 27 million records

This record is held at The National Archives, Kew

140 records

Within the department: KT

Records of the Office for Standards in Education

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Office for Standards in Education: Records relating to the establishment of OFSTED