Primary Section 48

All Catholic schools, like every other school, are inspected by the government on a regular basis. These inspections are called OFSTED inspections. They examine the curriculum, teaching and learning, standards and achievement. Catholic schools however are also inspected by the diocese. The diocesan inspection is called a section 48 inspection and looks specifically at spiritual and moral development, whole school ethos, collective worship and religious education. At present these inspections take place approximately once every five years as do the OFSTED inspections.

They aim to help schools:
become excellent self evaluating communities
celebrate what they do well
provide a clear indication of areas which need development
obtain evidence of the quality of religious education
develop their distinctiveness as catholic schools

The following reports are available as pdf files: