What's new? - Inspection Updates Webinar - Thursday 17 September 2026 (Online)

The landscape of regulations and statutory guidance for schools is characterised by constant change.  Education, welfare, safeguarding and health and safety are all regularly impacted by new requirements and expectations.  ISI’s interpretation of the ISSRs places a clear emphasis on governance, leadership and management accessing source materials to sustain its understanding of regulatory requirements and, thereby, maintain compliance in schools.

This short course provides a digest of recent changes and those on the horizon.  It will furnish schools with links to those key source materials enabling governors, leaders and managers to familiarise themselves with what’s new and ensure that school practice, procedures and policies remain up to date.

Key takeaways for delegates; the course will provide:

• Signposting of recent and upcoming changes to reduce the risk of new requirements passing under the radar
• A launchpad for schools to evaluate the extent to which they are in line with recent and forthcoming changes
• A starting point for schools to formulate an action plan covering any areas for attention arising from the course.

Course Programme

In order to ensure that the course reflects the latest changes, the final programme will be decided immediately before the course.  It is likely that it will include changes related to

• Education and the Curriculum
• Welfare, Safeguarding and Wellbeing
• Premises, Fire Safety, Health and Safety

Course Leader

Christopher Sanderson is an educational consultant with over 20 years experience with ISI, leading inspections in EYFS, primary and secondary phases, boarding schools and British schools overseas.   He completed four headships, in primary, prep, secondary and international schools, previously being successively Head of Department in modern languages, cricket and hockey, music and maths.  He has been a School Improvement Partner for a West Yorkshire local authority and a SIAS (Anglican Schools) inspector.  He currently works with a wide range of independent schools, school groups and special needs schools, for example, overseeing policy, compliance, safeguarding and inspection readiness.  He is a School Improvement Partner with a large group of independent schools and also oversees safeguarding and compliance for two trusts which run groups of free schools.  He provides consultancy in individual schools, supporting and auditing areas such as compliance, safeguarding and inspection readiness.  He has been a GCSE examiner in French and maths, was a conductor of the National Children’s Choir and works as an instrumental music examiner for Trinity College, London.