Guidance

British schools overseas: standards for schools

The standards that inspectorates of British schools overseas refer to when they inspect schools.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 14 February 2014
• Last updated: 15 August 2023 — See all updates

Documents

British schools overseas: revised standards from 14 August 2023

PDF, 348 KB, 47 pages

Details

Guidance to help British schools overseas understand the standards that independent inspectorates use to inspect them.

Guidance for inspectorates about these standards is also available.

Published 14 February 2014
Last updated 15 August 2023 + show all updates

1. 15 August 2023

   Revised standards came into force on 14 August. We originally published these for information in April.

2. 14 April 2023

   Added revised standards which will come into force from 14 August 2023.

3. 1 December 2016

   Added the revised standards which will apply from the 2017 to 2018 academic year.

4. 14 February 2014

   First published.