Question follow-through · 1648

Schools: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure Ofsted includes the adequacy of the physical security of school buildings in their inspection reports.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 25 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 29 Jul 2024
Answer: 1 Aug 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure Ofsted includes the adequacy of the physical security of school buildings in their inspection reports.
29 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Aug 2024
Answer published
Ofsted’s overall role is to make sure that schools provide high and rising standards for every child through its inspection and reporting process. The School Inspection Handbook does not set any specific expectations for schools regarding site security. H...

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