Yogi Amin
Partner and National Head of Public Law and Human Rights
Challenging Ofsted Inspections
A poor Ofsted inspection can damage a school, academy, nursery or other provider’s reputation. If you’re unhappy with a recent Ofsted inspection or their process, we’re here to help you.
Whether you’re part of the school leadership team, governor or a parent of a student, you can challenge an Ofsted inspection or intervention.
Expert legal support for challenging Ofsted inspections
Challenging Ofsted can be daunting because it’s a complex procedure.
Reviewing draft reports, challenging poor judgements, drafting relevant complaint steps, and speaking with their legal team, is not only complicated but also time consuming.
Using our sector knowledge and public law expertise we can help schools and parents. We can help:
- Provide advice and comments on the draft report
- Draft Steps 2 and 3 complaints under Ofsted’s complaints procedure
- Communicate with Ofsted’s legal team
- Advise on possible litigation and injunction to prevent a contested report being reported.
In the past, we’ve been able to secure full reinspections, grade changes or amendments to certain parts of a report. We have also advised and brought judicial review claims. These results can help a school massively.
A client told The Legal 500, an independent legal regulatory body that: “They absolutely know the challenges faced in schools – they understand the limitations that we need to work in, and importantly are able to react to changes in order to support us.”
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We have the largest private client team in the UK; our team of experts are here to provide discreet legal advice to support you and your family.
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