Inspections
The School is required to undergo different types of inspections, completed by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). Our Reports are below and can also be found on the ISI website. There are various forms of report.
In the ‘new’ format (post 2023):
Routine Inspection (around every three years) – these focus on various standards:
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- Section 1: Leadership and management, and governance
- Section 2: Pupils’ education, training and recreation, to include pupils’ outcomes
- Section 3: Pupils’ physical and mental health and emotional wellbeing
- Section 4: Pupils’ social and economic wellbeing and contribution to society
- Section 5: Safeguarding
Our most recent Routine Inspection took place in February 2025.
Additional Inspections
These can focus on specific areas of the school’s provision, at the request of the Department for Education, and can take place at any time.
Our most recent additional inspection took place in December 2024.
There are also inspections called ‘Material Change‘ (when there is a change to the terms of registration with the DfE) and ‘Progress Monitoring‘ (when a school has failed to meet a standard in a previous inspection) . Sutton Valence has not had either of these forms of inspection.
In the ‘old’ (pre 2023) format:
Compliance Inspection – this is to ensure that the School has all of the requisite policies in place and that they are understood and followed by all of our staff. No judgements on educational outcomes are made as part of this inspection, only whether the School meets the required standards as part of its normal working practices;
Educational Quality Inspection – this type of inspection looks more deeply at how the School operates and what it does to provide a satisfactory level of educational outcome for its students. This is split into pastoral outcomes and academic outcomes, and the role of the inspection is to help ensure that the School fulfils both its obligations and promises.
View our latest reports