Our inspections last for a number of months. We collect information about the area before we visit it. This helps us to understand what happens there and what is affecting the way that services are being provided
Preparation (weeks 1-4)
- Week 1 - notification
- Week 2 - meet coordinator and participation lead
- Week 3 - submission of pre-inspection return
- Week 4 - submission of document return
- Week 4 - arrange and open surveys
Gather and analyse evidence (weeks 5-10)
- Week 5 - professional discussion 1
- Weeks 4-8 - children and young people, and parents and carers' surveys
- Weeks 4-7 - staff survey
- Week 6 - inspection team analyse written evidence
- Week 8 - review of childrens records
Onsite acticity and final analysis (weeks 11-14)
- Week 11 - professional discussion 2
- Week 12 - onsite engagement with staff, children, young people and famileis
- Week 13 - inspection team final anaysis
Reporting and publication (weeks 15-21)
- Week 15 - professional discussion 3
- Week 17 - quality and consistency panel
- Week 17 - partnership recieve first draft of report
- Week 20 - partnership receives embargoed report
- Week 21 - report publication and video publication
- After week 21 - post-inspection follow up