16 September 2019 - Ofsted's inspection transition period will not apply to the full primary curriculum

Ofsted has transition arrangements in place to allow schools some time to develop their curriculum - these apply to four of the good criteria in the quality of education judgement in the new inspection framework, which was introduced at the start of September

It means that inspectors can use their professional judgement when a school has taken 'appropriate action but is still in the early stages of developing its curriculum'

However, Ofsted has announced that, for schools with primary pupils, the transition plans will not apply to reading, writing and mathematics - and will therefore only apply to science and the foundation curriculum