Education (Schools) Act 1992

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| short_title = Education (Schools) Act 1992

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| parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom

| long_title = An Act to make provision with respect to the inspection of schools and with respect to information about schools and their pupils.

| year = 1992

| citation = 1992 c. 38

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| royal_assent = 16 March 1992

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The Education (Schools) Act 1992 (c. 38) set up a system of school inspections by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted). The reports written by independent inspection teams and published by Ofsted are made public and the inspections are carried out according to a National Framework to ensure consistency across the country. Subsequently the legislation was brought together in the School Inspections Act 1996

that designated it to be a six-year cycle.{{UK-LEG|path=ukpga/1992/38|title=Education (Schools) Act 1992}}