Preparing for Ofsted: Engaging Staff, Parents & Pupils with Edurio

When Adam received “the call” from Ofsted in early 2025, he didn’t scramble for ad-hoc anecdotes or hurriedly email parents for last-minute testimonials.

He simply opened the Edurio platform, and in minutes, he could show:

Inspectors remarked on the depth of evidence and the clear audit trail from voice → action → impact. Adam’s experience isn’t unique; it illustrates why systematic stakeholder feedback is fast becoming an essential part of inspection readiness for Ofsted-inspected schools and trusts.

Why stakeholder voice matters in inspections

School inspectors consistently expect leaders to demonstrate that they listen to, and act on, the views of their communities. Stakeholder voice is central to showing:

• Leadership & Management: a culture of listening and responding
• Safeguarding: how parents, staff, and pupils experience safety in practice
• Quality of Education & Behaviour: consistent experiences across subjects, year groups, and schools

Going Beyond Parent View

Many schools are familiar with Ofsted’s Parent View. But relying on it alone gives a limited perspective.

Edurio’s Parent Experience and Parent Ofsted-style surveys let you:

• Benchmark nationally: see instantly how your results stack up against hundreds of schools, not just last year’s cohort.
• Dig into the “why”: follow-up questions and open-text responses surface the reasons behind each rating.
• Track progress over time: run the survey termly or yearly and map trends to your improvement actions.

Instead of simply knowing whether parents feel their child is safe, leaders can understand levels of confidence, explore the reasons behind perceptions, and track whether things are improving over time. Here’s an example report each school can be sent after their survey has closed.

Source: Edurio Parent Experience Survey – Demo Report

Staff voice: closing the “say–do” gap

Our national data shows only 34% of staff feel their feedback is frequently acted upon, while 26% feel it rarely or never is.

Showing inspectors that your organisation moves from listening to action is therefore a differentiator. Edurio’s platform timestamps every survey and lets you export a PDF evidence bundle for your inspection folder.

Building a trust-wide narrative

Inspection teams increasingly visit multiple academies within a trust simultaneously, making a coherent culture across sites more important than ever.

National benchmarking data from Edurio, taken from the Staff Experience Survey completed in the 2023/2024 academic year, shows:

• 76% of staff nationally say their trust’s vision and values are clear.
• 55% of staff feel their trust’s values are embedded fully or to a great extent within their schools

Edurio enables leaders to measure this consistently across schools, creating a clear narrative of strengths and areas for improvement.

The Edurio inspection-readiness cycle

Edurio’s Strategic Stakeholder Feedback model is a proven five-step loop: Set goals → Carry out survey → Analyse results → Take action → Review & continue.

For inspection preparation, this cycle can be adapted so that every step lines up with Ofsted’s evidence.

Other inspectorates

Independent schools inspected by ISI, and specialist settings under CQC or Ofsted Social Care, also rely on evidence of stakeholder engagement. Edurio templates mirror those frameworks, so you’re covered, whatever the badge on the inspector’s lanyard.

Ready to become a “listening organisation”?

Adam Walsh’s inspection story began months before Ofsted arrived, when his community first clicked ‘Start’ on the survey. If you’d like the same confidence:

• Explore the Staff, Parent and Pupil Ofsted survey suite or download our survey pack.
• Book a call with an Edurio Survey Specialist.

Because when evidence speaks, inspectors listen, and your community thrives.